Designates the Waverly Ave overpass at Sunrise Highway near exit 52 in town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, as the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8848
IN SENATE
April 22, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne John-
son 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-n to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-n. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge". All that
5 portion of the state highway system constituting the Waverly Ave (County
6 Road 19) overpass at Sunrise Highway (State Route 27) near exit 52,
7 designated bridge number 1367500, in the town of Brookhaven, county of
8 Suffolk, shall be known as the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne John-
9 son Memorial Bridge".
10 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
11 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
12 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
13 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
14 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
15 ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be
16 changed as a result of this act.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15004-01-2
