January 31, 2024
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 11
DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department
of Transportation to rename the eastbound bridge on I-64 over the
Little Blue River in Crawford County the "Dale Workman Memorial
Bridge".
Messmer
January 18, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
Transportation.
January 30, 2024, reported favorably — Do Pass.
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Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 11
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename the eastbound bridge
3 on I-64 over the Little Blue River in Crawford County the "Dale
4 Workman Memorial Bridge".
5 Whereas, Edward Dale Workman was born on December
6 21, 1911, in Lyons, Indiana, to Edward E. Workman and Lottie
7 Workman;
8 Whereas, At five years old, Dale began his love for bridge
9 projects after he and his brother delivered eggs and butter to
10 men working on a local viaduct in Tulip, Indiana, and were
11 considered honorary members of the construction team;
12 Whereas, Dale enlisted in the United States Navy and
13 became a member of the Navy's Construction Battalions, better
14 known as the Navy Seabees, which provided a wide range of
15 construction support of operating forces, including roads,
16 bridges, bunkers, airfields, and logistics bases, and provided
17 responsive support for disaster recovery operations, performed
18 civic action projects to improve international relations, and
19 provided anti-terrorism and force protection for personnel and
20 construction projects;
21 Whereas, Following his military service, Dale settled in
22 Bloomfield, Indiana, where he worked for more than four
23 decades as an engineer and bridge supervisor for J.L. Wilson
24 Construction, building bridges across the State of Indiana,
25 including one spanning Little Blue River over I-64 near
26 English, Indiana;
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1 Whereas, Outside of his bridge engineering work, Dale was
2 a member of a number of organizations, including the
3 Bloomfield American Legion Post 196, Worthington Veterans
4 of Foreign Wards 7117, Carpenters Union, Bloomfield Masonic
5 Lodge #84, was an elder and trustee at Bloomfield First
6 Presbyterian Church, and was a charter member of a volunteer
7 group that assisted in restoring Greene County's last covered
8 bridge, still spanning Plummer Creek; and
9 Whereas, Dale's influence on Indiana's transportation
10 infrastructure will be greatly missed and is deserving of
11 recognition: Therefore,
12 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
13 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
14 concurring:
15 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
16 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the eastbound
17 bridge on I-64 over the Little Blue River in Crawford County
18 the "Dale Workman Memorial Bridge".
19 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
20 to transmit copies of this Resolution to the family of Dale
21 Workman and the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of
22 Transportation.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 11, has had the same under consideration and begs
leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation
that said resolution DO PASS.
(Reference is to SC 11 as introduced.)
CRIDER, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0
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