A ceremony was held Friday morning to dedicate the Richard “Dick” Kallenborn Memorial Bridge on Lower Portage Road in Liberty Township.  As a long-time member of the McKean County Planning Commission, Kallenborn advocated for funding for many infrastructure projects including this new bridge.  State Representative Martin Causer said he was honored to join in the official dedication ceremony, a fitting tribute to a man who dedicated so much to the community.   Liberty Township Supervisor Chairman, Dick Brown, organized the ceremony and began by saying he felt it was an honor  to call Dick Kallenborn a friend. And that he appreciated everything he did for McKean County and especially Liberty Township.

He thanked the County Commissioners for the money for the bridge project and the Planning Commission for distributing the money.  He also thanked Nancy Rathbun, Butch Shaffer and Rob Dickinson of the Planning Commission for voting for Liberty Township to receive the money.  Also recognized were Chris Ernst, the engineer and Sandy Thompson for obtaining the permits; ADM for building the bridge; Brad Greenman and Chad Moses for setting the bridge and Don Snyder, Mike Greenman, Shawn Mahon and James Michaud for doing the total work on the bridge and then blacktopping the road and bridge.   Brown indicated that these people doing the work themselves saved the Liberty Township taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.