Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the overpass on interstate highway route 495 spanning state highway route 109 in the town of Milford shall be designated and known as the Gunnery Sergeant Elia P. Fontecchio memorial overpass, in honor of Gunnery Sergeant Elia P. Fontecchio who was killed in action while serving with the First Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq in the service of the United States. The department of highways shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing such designation in compliance with the standards of the department.