HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 90

By Delegates Eldridge, Maynard, Hornbuckle, C. Miller, Phillips, R. Romine, C. Romine, R. Miller, Rodighiero, Thompson and Marcum

[Introduced February 27, 2018; Referred to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then Rules]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 22-14/1-0.01 (22A139), locally known as Ely Fork Bridge, carrying County Route 14/1 over Ely Fork in Lincoln County, the “Mack D. Huffman Memorial Bridge.”

Whereas, Mr. Huffman was a private in Company “B” of the 261 Infantry of the Army of the United States in the 1940s; and

Whereas, Mr. Huffman served his country honorably in the Second World War and was honorably discharged in September of 1945; and

Whereas, Mr. Huffman later served his country and his community in the Lincoln County Sherriff’s Department; and

Whereas, Naming this bridge is an appropriate recognition of Mr. Huffman’s contributions to his country and to the State of West Virginia; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 22-14/1-0.01 (22A139), locally known as Ely Fork Bridge, carrying County Route 14/1 over Ely Fork in Lincoln County, the “Mack D. Huffman Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Mack D. Huffman Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.