HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 82

(By Delegates Campbell, Cooper, and Canterbury)

[March 7, 2025; Referred
 to the Committee on Energy and Public Works
then Rules ]

Requesting the Division of Highways name Bridge Number: 13-036/03-000.30  () (13A193), (37.80392, -80.30595) locally known as CAN CREEK BRIDGE, carrying CR 036/03 over CAN CREEK in Greenbrier County, the "U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. Memorial Bridge".

Whereas, U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. was born in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County on September 1, 1924, the son of Marshall W. and Virginia Lola Thomas Bittinger; and

Whereas, U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. served in World II as an anti-tank gun crewman in the Battle of Ardennes, the Rhineland and in Central Europe, receiving the WWII Victory Ribbon, European African Diddle Eastern Service Ribbon; and

Whereas, PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. died on February 1, 1989; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. 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: 13-036/03-000.30  () (13A193), (37.80392, -80.30595) locally known as CAN CREEK BRIDGE, carrying CR 036/03 over CAN CREEK in Greenbrier County, the "U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger 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 "U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger 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.