HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 72

By Delegates Linville and Boggs

(Originating in the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure
March 24, 2021)

Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge bearing Identification Number 04A078, located in Frametown, Braxton County, West Virginia, on County-Route Map 04-021/00-008.14, Latitude 38.635, Longitude -80.86440, approximately 0.01 miles South of West Virginia Route 4 along Frametown Herold Road on County Route 21, “David Allen Drake, Sr. Memorial Bridge.”

Whereas, David Allen Drake, Sr. served the Braxton County community through devotion to molding and mentoring the youth of Braxton County as a volunteer coach of youth sports, serving multiple terms on the Braxton County Board of Education and exhibited substantial influence on the various communities in Braxton County through his support, leadership, volunteerism and genuine desire to exert a positive impact upon his community; and

Whereas, David Allen Drake, Sr., during his career as a General Construction Superintendent, supervised to completion a plethora of projects, including roadways and bridges, throughout central, south central and north central West Virginia, thereby making great, lasting and substantial improvements to the infrastructure of the State of West Virginia; and

Whereas, David Allen Drake, Sr. was universally recognized in his community as emblematic of the qualities common to the great people of West Virginia, to wit: love and devotion to family, hard work and a blue collar life, and devotion to community service; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways name the bridge bearing Identification Number 04A078, located in Frametown, Braxton County, West Virginia, on County-Route Map 04-021/00-008.14, Latitude 38.635, Longitude -80.86440, approximately 0.01 miles South of West Virginia Route 4 along Frametown Herold Road on County Route 21, “David Allen Drake, Sr. 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 “David Allen Drake, Sr. 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.