More than ten percent of the bridges in Dayton, Ohio, are deficient as 13 cars drive over one of Dayton’s 184 deficient bridges every second. Yet, mere miles away from the city, the federal government is spending $520,000 to restore an unused bridge that is not even connected to a road or trail.
Fixing Stevenson Road Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio, will cost $650,000. The National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation (NHCBP) program is providing $520,000 and the county is paying $130,000.
Controversy surrounds accepting the federal money “because the bridge is not on a road, is in a fairly remote area, doesn’t carry vehicles anymore, and isn’t tied to any park, tourist attraction or walk/bike trail.” On one side of the bridge, “No Trespassing signs warn people away.”
“I don’t know why they would do that, because nobody uses it,” said Dorothy Pitzer, who has lived uphill from the bridge for 40 years. “It sits over there by itself."
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