TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:

We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:

WHEREAS, Robert Rasmussen Sr. (1892-1971) was a lifelong resident of Marysville, Washington; and

WHEREAS, Robert Rasmussen Sr. worked as a mason for two years on the original State Route Number 529 Ebey Slough Bridge; and

WHEREAS, Robert Rasmussen Sr. served as a bridge tender for the State Route Number 529 Ebey Slough Bridge for thirty-three years; and

WHEREAS, The decommissioned State Route Number 529 Ebey Slough Bridge was unofficially named after Robert Rasmussen Sr. by former Secretary of Transportation Doug MacDonald;

NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the Washington State Transportation Commission commence proceedings to name the new State Route Number 529 Ebey Slough Bridge as the Robert Rasmussen Sr. Memorial Bridge to honor his dedication and service to the city of Marysville and the state of Washington.

BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Secretary of Transportation, the Washington State Transportation Commission, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

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