The Hyde Road Covered Bridge, also called the Richard P. Eastman covered bridge, in Yellow Springs is being named in honor of Dick Eastman who was the Greene County Engineer from 1974 through 1996.

This new covered bridge was built in a style popular more than a century ago and became part of the Little Miami Bike Trail.

Richard P. Eastman who loved covered bridges raised his family just south of the structure and was instrumental in the funding and design of the bikeway the bridge crosses. The new covered bridge replaced an uncovered deteriorated steel bridge that had been closed for a year.

The new structure, built in 2014, is a 77-foot span Howe Truss, which was a popular design in the mid-to-late 1800s. The project was designed by Smolen Engineering of Ashtabula and was built by R.G. Zachrich Construction of Defiance at a cost of $480,000, Geyer said. Also called the Hyde Road Covered Bridge.

Located at:  N43 27.306    W72 30.979     -     WGCB 45-14-10

Photographed in June 2022