COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 109

By Delegates Byrd and Skaff

(Originating in the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure
February 29, 2020)

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number: 20-060/00-013.32 (20A342), (38.36599, -81.68053) locally known as CARBIDE OVERPASS, carrying U.S. 60 over CSX RR CARBIDE ENTRANCE in Kanawha County, the “U. S. Army Air Corps Airman Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. was born in South Charleston, West Virginia in 1922 and graduated from South Charleston High School; and

Whereas, Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. entered the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 and trained in Texas before being deployed; and

Whereas, U. S. Army Air Corps Airman Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. became missing in action in the north Atlantic in April of 1943 and was later declared dead; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U. S. Army Air Corps Airman Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. and his sacrifice during World War II, and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number: 20-060/00-013.32 (20A342), (38.36599, -81.68053) locally known as CARBIDE OVERPASS, carrying U.S. 60 over CSX RR CARBIDE ENTRANCE in Kanawha County, the “U. S. Army Air Corps Airman Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. 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 “U. S. Army Air Corps Airman Thomas Harry Honaker, Jr. Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

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