# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 8. Highways

### Subtitle 6. Construction and Maintenance

#### Section 8-656

The Department shall establish a process by which a member of the General Assembly, another elected official, or any member of the general public may request that the Department dedicate a bridge or another appropriate transportation structure under the jurisdiction of the Department to:

(1) A deceased member of the armed forces:

  (i) Whose home of record was in the State; and

  (ii) Whose surviving spouse, parent, or next of kin is a recipient of the U.S. Department of Defense Gold Star memorializing that the member was killed in action; or

(2) A firefighter, law enforcement officer, or another emergency responder who died in the line of duty.

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)