SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7
(By Senators Redd, Ross, Caldwell, Kessler, Love, McKenzie,
Oliverio, Facemyer and Rowe)
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[Originating in the Committee on Transportation; reported
February 23, 2001.]
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Requesting the Commissioner of the Division of Highways name that
certain bridge which crosses over the Guyandotte River at
Roach, West Virginia, connecting McComas Road and Hinchman
Bend Road, as the "Burl Farley Bridge".
Whereas, Burl Farley, a farmer and foreman at the Coal Crane
Lumber Company, owned a 212-acre farm near Roach in Cabell County
where he lived and raised a family; and
Whereas, In 1926 Burl Farley approached the Cabell County
Commission (then the Cabell County Court) and proposed the
construction of a bridge over the Guyandotte River where then only a ford existed; and
Whereas, Burl Farley donated the land for the construction of
the bridge and gave a right-of-way through his farm for access to
the bridge for traffic; and
Whereas, The descendants of Burl Farley still live, farm and
raise their families on the original family farm; and
Whereas, It is a fitting tribute to Burl Farley that this
bridge, the building of which he had advocated for the good of his
county, be named in memory of this community-minded, hard-working
West Virginian; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to designate that certain bridge which crosses over the
Guyandotte River at Roach, West Virginia, connecting McComas Road
and Hinchman Bend Road, as the "Burl Farley Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the commissioner is requested to have
made and be placed, at either end of the bridge, signs identifying
the bridge as the "Burl Farley Bridge"; and be it
Further resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and
the family of Burl Farley.
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