Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Bradley L. Mallory Friday unveiled a Workers' Memorial in honor of the 76 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employees killed in the line of duty since 1970.

The memorial is a life-size, bronze sculpture of a child playing with a toy truck. Near the child is a male PENNDOT worker who is holding a hard hat outstretched near the child. There also is a female PENNDOT worker who is holding a stop/slow paddle.

The memorial, which was placed along the banks of the Susquehanna River adjacent to the M. Harvey Taylor Bridge in Harrisburg, will serve as a lasting memorial to fallen transportation workers.

"The underlying goal of the project is to serve as a way to help families of fallen PENNDOT workers heal," Mallory said. "Also, the sculpture serves as a lasting reminder that being a highway worker is a dangerous profession."