CHENANGO COUNTY – New legislation will extend the”POW-MIA Memorial Highway” through portions of Chenango County as well as neighboring Broome and Madison counties.

A bill signed into law Monday pays tribute to the thousands of American service members who served in the Vietnam War.

Currently, the POW-MIA Memorial Highway runs along State Route 12 from Morristown in St. Lawrence County south through Jefferson, Lewis, and Oneida counties.

New legislation extends the memorial highway through Madison, Chenango, and Broome counties to the intersection of State Route 12 and State Route 12A in the Town of Chenango.