HR 812: Coach Carl Middleton Bridge; Chatham County; dedicate

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

• Officially 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 send copies of the resolution to Coach Middleton's family and the Department of Transportation.
• Contains no funding, penalties, or changes to existing Georgia statutes; it is a commemorative naming action.

The resolution directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and Coach Carl Middleton's family, who will receive copies of the resolution. Drivers on Interstate 95 in Chatham County and the Alfred Ely Beach High School community are also touched symbolically.

While the resolution does not change any laws, funding, or regulations, it gives lasting public recognition to a longtime local coach by putting his name on a state highway bridge, a formal honor that requires the Department of Transportation to install signage.

• The resolved clause names the Interstate 95 bridge over the Ogeechee River Tributary in Chatham County as the Coach Carl Middleton Bridge.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs reflecting the dedication.
• A final 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
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• high school athletics
• commemorative resolution