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Blunt Honors Commitment and Ultimate Sacrifice of Missouri’s Law Enforcement Officials
 

Gov. Matt Blunt signs legislation designating portions of Missouri’s highways in honor of law enforcement officials killed in the line of duty. Senate Bill 667 designates portion of State Highway M within the city limits of Irondale as the Trooper Robert Kolilis Memorial Highway, a portion of U.S. Highway 54 located in the eastern limits of Macks Creek to the western limits of Camdenton as the Trooper Ross S. Creach Memorial Highway, bridges on U.S. Highway 60 over the Current River in Van Buren as the Sgt. Dewayne Graham, Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol Memorial Bridges, a portion of U.S. Highway 60 from the intersection of State Route MM to the intersection of State Highway 181 as the Trooper D. Kevin Floyd Memorial Highway, a portion of Interstate 44 (I-44) from mile marker 91 to mile marker 94 in Webster County as the Corporal Jay Sampietro Missouri State Highway Patrol Memorial Highway and a two mile portion of I-44 heading east from the US Highway 50 intersection in Franklin County as the Trooper Ralph Tatoian Memorial Highway. Senate Bill 990designates a portion of State Highway 179 in Cole County as the Wyman S. Basinger Memorial Highway and a portion of State Highway H in Dent County from the intersection of State Highway 72 to the intersection of State Highway DD as the Deputy Joann Barnes Memorial Highway. Senate Bill 1139, sponsored by Sen. Michael Gibbons, designates a portion of State Highway 21 from the intersection of Lindbergh Avenue to the intersection of Gravois Road in St. Louis County as the Sergeant William McEntee Memorial Highway. Blunt also signed Senate Bill 872 strengthening the state’s Move Over law.

June 29, 2006 - Gov. Matt Blunt signs legislation designating portions of Missouri’s highways in honor of law enforcement officials killed in the line of duty. Senate Bill 667 designates portion of State Highway M within the city limits of Irondale as the Trooper Robert Kolilis Memorial Highway, a portion of U.S. Highway 54 located in the eastern limits of Macks Creek to the western limits of Camdenton as the Trooper Ross S. Creach Memorial Highway, bridges on U.S. Highway 60 over the Current River in Van Buren as the Sgt. Dewayne Graham, Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol Memorial Bridges, a portion of U.S. Highway 60 from the intersection of State Route MM to the intersection of State Highway 181 as the Trooper D. Kevin Floyd Memorial Highway, a portion of Interstate 44 (I-44) from mile marker 91 to mile marker 94 in Webster County as the Corporal Jay Sampietro Missouri State Highway Patrol Memorial Highway and a two mile portion of I-44 heading east from the US Highway 50 intersection in Franklin County as the Trooper Ralph Tatoian Memorial Highway.

Senate Bill 990 designates a portion of State Highway 179 in Cole County as the Wyman S. Basinger Memorial Highway and a portion of State Highway H in Dent County from the intersection of State Highway 72 to the intersection of State Highway DD as the Deputy Joann Barnes Memorial Highway.

Senate Bill 1139, sponsored by Sen. Michael Gibbons, designates a portion of State Highway 21 from the intersection of Lindbergh Avenue to the intersection of Gravois Road in St. Louis County as the Sergeant William McEntee Memorial Highway.

Blunt also signed Senate Bill 872 strengthening the state’s Move Over law.

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