PENNSYLVANIA, June 22 - PRINTER'S NO. 1802

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1294

Session of

2022

INTRODUCED BY BREWSTER, COSTA, FONTANA AND MENSCH, JUNE 22, 2022

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 22, 2022

AN ACT

Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 36017, on that

portion of Pennsylvania Route 56 over the Kiskiminetas River,

Vandergrift Borough, Westmoreland County, and Parks Township,

Armstrong County, as the Rudy Minarcin Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Rudy Minarcin Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Rudy Minarcin was born March 25, 1930, in North

Vandergrift, Westmoreland County. He led Vandergrift High

School to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic

League baseball title in 1948 and was a Major League Baseball

pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox.

(2) Mr. Minarcin's professional baseball career started

in 1948 with the Vandergrift Pioneers of the Old-Atlantic

League before he was drafted into the Army. After his

service, Mr. Minarcin made the majors at 25 years of age.

(3) In 1955, Mr. Minarcin threw a one-hitter complete

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