Designates the bascule bridge connected to Louisiana Highway 315 known as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge located in Terrebonne Parish as the "Elward T. Brady, Jr. Memorial Bridge". (8/1/26) (RE +$1,500 SG EX See Note)

Senate Bill 50 designates the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge, a bridge structure connecting to Louisiana Highway 315 in Terrebonne Parish and spanning the Intracoastal Waterway, as the "Elward T. Brady Memorial Bridge". The legislation does not amend existing statutes but rather creates a new designation for this specific bridge infrastructure. The bill directs the Department of Transportation and Development to erect and maintain signage reflecting this new official name, subject to a cost-sharing mechanism where local or private funding sources must reimburse the department for actual expenses related to materials, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of each sign, with individual sign costs capped at seven hundred fifty dollars. Additional signage placement on both sides of the bascule bridge for visibility to watercraft is authorized if supplemental local or private funds become available.

The Department of Transportation and Development is the primary entity affected by this legislation, as it assumes responsibility for installing and maintaining the commemorative signage once adequate local or private funding is secured. The practical impact on the department is minimal in terms of operational burden since the legislation creates a funding restriction that requires external sources to cover the actual costs of signage installation. Local government entities, private organizations, or community groups in Terrebonne Parish who wish to honor Elward T. Brady through this designation would need to provide or arrange the necessary funding to make the signage project financially viable. Citizens and travelers using Louisiana Highway 315 and the Bayou Dularge crossing would benefit from the informational signage identifying the bridge by its new official name.

Senate Bill 50 operates within Louisiana's existing statutory framework governing state highways and departmental naming conventions. The legislation explicitly states that this designation takes precedence notwithstanding any other provision of law, ensuring the name change overrides any conflicting designations or naming protocols. The measure represents a straightforward exercise of legislative authority over infrastructure nomenclature and contains no constitutional considerations. The cost-sharing requirement reflects legislative policy limiting state expenditures for commemorative signage by conditioning installation on external funding contributions, consistent with general principles of fiscal responsibility in infrastructure management.