CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

              ENGROSSED HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4000

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 22, 1993   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 6, 1993   Yeas 46   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4000 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                    ENGROSSED HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4000

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Locke, R. Fisher, Horn, Anderson, Wineberry, I. Ballasiotes, Thibaudeau, Eide, Flemming, Jacobsen and Ogden

Read first time 01/12/93.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Honoring Homer M. Hadley.

          TO THE HONORABLE DUANE BERENTSON, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:

          We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:

          WHEREAS, Homer M. Hadley was an innovative engineer who worked to expand transportation access to the east side of Lake Washington in the 1920's and 1930's; and

          WHEREAS, His idea to design and construct a concrete floating bridge across Lake Washington conquered every technological challenge of the day; and

          WHEREAS, Despite skepticism and opposition, he supplied the engineering feasibility study for a floating bridge across Lake Washington; and

          WHEREAS, His surveying skills, engineering expertise, and perseverance made possible the eventual siting and construction of the world's first concrete floating bridge; and

          WHEREAS, Homer M. Hadley has not been formally recognized for his contribution and leadership in making the floating bridge a reality; and

          WHEREAS, The third Lake Washington bridge, located on Interstate 90, is currently unnamed; and

          WHEREAS, It is most appropriate for the third Lake Washington bridge, located on Interstate 90, to be named the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge;

          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Washington recognize, praise, and honor Homer M. Hadley for his far-reaching contribution to the citizens and the transportation system of Washington State; and

          NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the Washington State Transportation Commission commence proceedings to name the newly constructed bridge the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Floating Bridge; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitably inscribed copies of this Memorial be forwarded to the Honorable Duane Berentson, Secretary of Transportation, the Washington State Transportation commission, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

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