Designates a portion of the state highway system on the Long Island Expressway, county of Suffolk, as the "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher Memorial Bridge".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6533
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 5, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher Memorial
Bridge"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-m to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher Memorial Bridge". The bridge on westbound
5 Long Island Expressway, interstate route four hundred ninety-five, to
6 southbound Sagtikos Parkway overpass, county of Suffolk, shall be desig-
7 nated and known as the "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher Memorial Bridge".
8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
10 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
11 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
12 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be
14 changed as a result of this act.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11261-01-1
