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92_SR0064 LRB9208280KBkb 1 SENATE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Thomas William Davenport was a licensed civil 3 engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation; on 4 April 16, 1992, he was killed by a drunk driver north of his 5 home in Chatham, Illinois; and 6 WHEREAS, Thomas Davenport was a son, brother, husband, 7 and a father; and 8 WHEREAS, Thomas Davenport, working with the Illinois 9 Department of Transportation, assisted with the building of 10 the bridge on South Chatham Road that crosses Interstate 72 11 and Illinois Route 36; and 12 WHEREAS, The bridge is located on South Chatham Road in 13 Springfield, Illinois, and is used as an overpass for 14 Interstate 72 and Illinois Route 36; therefore, be it 15 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL 16 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the bridge on 17 South Chatham Road, spanning Interstate 72 and Illinois Route 18 36, be named the Thomas William Davenport Memorial Bridge; 19 and be it further 20 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 21 is requested to erect, at a suitable location consistent with 22 State and federal regulations, an appropriate plaque or signs 23 giving notice of the name; and be it further 24 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this preamble and 25 resolution be presented to the Secretary of Transportation 26 and to the family of Thomas William Davenport.