SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 22

(By Senators Stollings, Woelfel, Plymale and Maynard)

[Introduced February 4, 2016.]

Requesting Division of Highways to name bridge number 50-152-23.71 (50A110), located at latitude 38.36457, longitude -82.47448 where it intersects the West Fork of Twelvepole Creek  in Sidney, West Virginia, originally called the “Sidney Beam Span”, the “Trautwein Family Bridge”.

Whereas, Fred and Ora Trautwein migrated to Wayne County, West Virginia, in the early 1900s; and

Whereas, Fred and Ora Trautwein had five children, Harold, Roy, Charles, Robert and Doris, all of whom served honorably in the United States military during World War II; and

Whereas, It is fitting and proper that the bridge near where the Trautwein family resided in Sidney, Wayne County, be named after the Trautwein siblings to honor their military service during World War II; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 50-152-23.71 (50A110) located at latitude 38.36457, longitude -82.47448 where it intersects the West Fork of Twelvepole Creek in Sidney, West Virginia, originally called the “Sidney Beam Span”, the “Trautwein Family Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Trautwein Family Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Joe Trautwein who resides in Fort Gay, West Virginia.