New Covered Bridge to Open May 9

 

April 28, 2014 Dayton, Ohio - There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Richard P. Eastman Hyde Road Covered Bridge at 10:00AM on May 9th, 2014. The bridge is located on Hyde Road in Yellow Springs and will cross over the Little Miami Bike Path.

The bridge is being named after Richard Eastman who was the Greene County engineer from the 1970's through the 1990's. Accoding to Robert Geyer, the current Greene County engineer, Mr. Eastman "...loved covered bridges...".

The Hyde Road bridge was designed by Smolen Engineering using a Howe truss. The bridge was built by Zachrich Construction and is 77 feet long and cost $480,000 to complete.

The following web link contains the full story from the Dayton Daily News website: New covered bridge to open May 9.