HR812: HR812 Coach Carl Middleton Bridge; Chatham County; dedicate

This resolution honors Coach Carl Middleton, who spent more than four decades leading athletic programs at Alfred Ely Beach High School in Savannah as a basketball, softball, football, and track coach and as athletic director. It recounts his coaching achievements, including a record-setting 1967 men's track team and a 154-10 career record as junior varsity basketball coach, along with honors such as six Coach of the Year awards from the Georgia High School Association and induction into the Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame. The operative part of the resolution names the bridge on Interstate 95 over the Ogeechee River Tributary in Chatham County the Coach Carl Middleton Bridge. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Middleton's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the bridge on Interstate 95 over the Ogeechee River Tributary in Chatham County as the Coach Carl Middleton Bridge.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the bridge's new name.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Middleton's family and the Department of Transportation.

The resolution primarily affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must post and maintain signage, and the family of Coach Carl Middleton, who receive formal copies. It also has symbolic significance for the Alfred Ely Beach High School community and Chatham County residents who use Interstate 95.

While largely ceremonial, the resolution results in a permanent, physical change: new signage on Interstate 95 in Chatham County naming the bridge after Coach Middleton, formally memorializing his decades of coaching and mentorship in the local community.

• The whereas clauses detail Coach Middleton's four-decade career at Alfred Ely Beach High School and his coaching and athletic director roles.
• The first resolving clause dedicates the Interstate 95 bridge over the Ogeechee River Tributary in Chatham County as the Coach Carl Middleton Bridge.
• The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs.
• The third resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Middleton's family and the Department of Transportation.

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• Carl Gilliard (D, HD-162)Primary sponsor

• bridge dedication
• Chatham County
• Interstate 95
• commemorative resolution
• Savannah high school athletics