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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT DESIGNATING CERTAIN BRIDGES IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


SECTION 1. The bridge located on Center street spanning the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tracks in the town of Middleborough shall be designated and known as the Sergeant William M. Smith Memorial Bridge, in memory of the late William M. Smith for his distinguished service to his country in the Vietnam War. The department of highways shall erect and maintain a suitable marker on said bridge bearing said designation in compliance with the standards of said department.

SECTION 2. The bridge located on Cross street spanning the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tracks in the town of Middleborough shall be designated and known as the Captain Hubert P. Loheed Memorial Bridge, in memory of the late Hubert P. Loheed for his distinguished service to his country in the Vietnam War. The department of highways shall erect and maintain a suitable marker on said bridge bearing said designation in compliance with the standards of said department.

SECTION 3. The bridge located on West Grove street spanning the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tracks in the town of Middleborough shall be designated and known as the PFC Gerald B. Dorr Memorial Bridge, in memory of the late Gerald B. Dorr for his distinguished service to his country in the Vietnam War. The department of highways shall erect and maintain a suitable marker on said bridge bearing said designation in compliance with the standards of said department.

SECTION 4. The bridge located on Nemasket street spanning the Nemasket river in the town of Middleborough shall be designated and known as the PFC William F. Hitchcock Memorial Bridge, in memory of the late William F. Hitchcock for his distinguished service to his country in the Vietnam War. The department of highways shall erect and maintain a suitable marker bearing said designation in compliance with the standards of said department.

SECTION 5. The bridge located on East Grove street spanning the Nemasket river in the town of Middleborough shall be designated and known as the F2C Leo A. Gamache Memorial Bridge, in memory of the late Leo A. Gamache for his distinguished service to his country in the Korean War. The department of highways shall erect and maintain a suitable marker on said bridge bearing said designation in compliance with the standards of said department.

Approved October 8, 1997.