[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11233-11234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION OF THE WOLF CREEK BRIDGE TO MICHAEL G. GIBBS

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                           HON. DAVID P. ROE

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 3, 2014

  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, today I want to recognize the 
dedication of the Wolf Creek Bridge in Cocke County, Tennessee to Mr. 
Michael Gibbs.
  The Wolf Creek Bridge is one of East Tennessee's infrastructural 
treasures. Located in Cocke County, Tennessee, the original bridge was 
completed in February 1928 for a meager cost of $119,102. Having been 
through a series of repairs throughout its time, the Wolf

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Creek Bridge underwent its first major rehabilitation in April 2012 
under the direction of the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The 
Wolf Creek Bridge is now larger than it has ever been at 30.8 feet 
across with lanes widened to 12 feet and 3 foot shoulders on either 
side. Thanks to this rehabilitation, this bridge, which has been an 
integral part of the region since its induction in 1928, is now better 
than it has ever been before.
  June 27, 2014 marked a new day in the history of the Wolf Creek 
Bridge, wherein the bridge was dedicated to one of the many soldiers 
from Tennessee that has given his life to the service of our nation and 
renamed Veterans Pass in Memory of Michael Gerald Gibbs. Michael G. 
Gibbs, a native of Del Rio, Tennessee, served in the United States Navy 
during the Vietnam War. On April 25, 1967 he made the ultimate 
sacrifice for the United States of America and was among the first 
casualties from Cocke County, Tennessee. His name on the Wolf Creek 
Bridge marks a significant union between those who have served our 
nation on the front lines through the military and those that have 
provided the necessary infrastructure and community support to keep 
America strong at its core.
  It is an honor to see the dedication of the Wolf Creek Bridge to the 
memory of Mr. Michael Gibbs, a true representation of the volunteer 
spirit.

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