South CarolinaResolution asks state to mark Laurens County bridge for McDowell
The adopted resolution asks South Carolina’s transportation department to name the Laurens County bridge over the Highway 127 Bypass for Reverend Dr. Jefferson McDowell.
What it does
The adopted resolution asks the state transportation department to give the South Harper Extension bridge in Laurens County a memorial name and mark it with signs.
Argument forThe memorial name could help travelers remember Reverend Dr. McDowell’s service to the Laurens County community.
Argument againstA new memorial name could make the bridge harder to recognize for people who know it by another name.
More detail
The adopted resolution asks the South Carolina Department of Transportation to name the bridge the Reverend Dr. Jefferson McDowell Memorial Bridge and put up signs with that name. The request covers the bridge on South Harper Extension over the South Carolina Highway 127 Bypass in Laurens County.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 11Adopted, returned to House with concurrencePassed 2nd Chamber
- Aug 11Recalled from Committee on Transportation
- Feb 4Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Feb 4IntroducedMinor
- Feb 3Adopted, sent to SenatePassed 1st Chamber
- Jan 29Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial ResolutionsMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial ResolutionsMinor
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Dec 16Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial ResolutionsMinor
- Dec 16PrefiledIntroduced
Transportation