By Senators Denton and Bedford
Enrolled, SJR6,
DESIGNATING HIGHWAY 43 SOUTH FROM HIGHWAY 72 IN COLBERT COUNTY SOUTH TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE THE LEM BURLESON AND CHARLEY BOWLING MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.WHEREAS, Lem T. Burleson worked with distinction with the Alabama Highway Department for more than 42 years, including service as an engineering assistant and as district engineer in Cullman, Winston, Marion, and Franklin counties; and
WHEREAS, Charley L. Bowling, whose career with the Alabama Highway Department spanned more than 30 years, began work as an engineering assistant and, later, was a district engineer in Lauderdale and Colbert counties; he subsequently served as assistant division engineer and was responsible for maintenance on all state roads and many county roads across the entire northern portion of Alabama; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Burleson and Mr. Bowling, who were both pioneers during an era of great expansion and improvement of the public road system in the State of Alabama, were instrumental in the interstate road system, in building farm to market roads, and they were responsible for two-lane highways being widened and four-lane roadways becoming commonplace; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That Highway 43 South from Highway 72 in Colbert County South to the Franklin County Line is hereby designated the Lem Burleson and Charley Bowling Memorial Highway.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That appropriate officials are requested to place and maintain markers designating the Lem Burleson and Charley Bowling Memorial Highway.