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Thursday, November 16, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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The bridge over Chicken Creek, near Clinton Lake, is the subject of a County Commission debate.
County awaits sign on bridge Designation of 'historic' might prevent repairs for structure
By Dave Wakefeld Kansan staff writer
In 1913, a stonemason was hired to build an arched bridge across a branch of Chicken Creek, about seven miles southwest of Lawrence. The bridge cost $170.
Even back then, that was expensive, said Alan Johnson, county engineer. The stone-arch construction was used only where deep ditches had to be bridged, he said.
The estimated cost to replace the bridge today would be $47,395, said Frank Hempen, county director of public works, who has recommended that the bridge be torn down.
that the bridge. County commissioners decided last night to postpone deciding the bridge's fate after learning that the bridge has been nominated to the Register of Historic Kansas Places.
The Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review will decide Dec. 2 whether the bridge will be deemed historic, said Martha Hagedorn-Krass, architectural historian for the Kansas State Historical Society.
"I expect it will be made a historic site," she said.
County Chairman Mike Amyx said,
"Even if we made the decision
tonight, we might get a court order to delay work until after the decision of the review board. Then, we haven't accomplished anything."
If the bridge is declared a historic site, no work or modifications can be made without approval from the state, said Chris McKenzie, county administrator.
administer the. The fight to save the bridge has been spearheaded by Dennis Domer, associate dean of architecture and urban design. After Domer learned about plans to replace the bridge, he gathered support to seek an alternative to destruction of the structure.
"Ims is the best example of stone-arch construction in the county," he said. "There is a very wide-spread belief that the structure is irreplaceable.
"The stone-arch design is the strongest possible. It goes all the way back to the Romans. This bridge, built by hand, has lasted 76 years. Of all the new bridges, the concrete-slab structures, most will need replacement in 25 to 50 years."
But saving the bridge poses several problems for the county.
Because the bridge's width is less than 20 feet, wide farm equipment cannot cross it, Hempen said. Repair
work on the bridge would cost at least $49,000, and farmers still would be forced to side-track for miles to cross the creek, he said.
the ocean. Also, no one on the county staff has the expertise to examine the structure to determine how much weight the bridge can safely carry, Hempen said.
"The bridge is rapidly deteriorating because of mortar loss between the stones," Hempen said.
the soaked soil.
In order to make the bridge safe,
each stone should be removed,
checked for cracks, then replaced
one by one with fresh mortar, he said.
sard.
The other alternative is to leave the bridge standing but build a bypass route and bridge. The estimated cost for such a bypass would be from $77,533 to $83,108, he said.
Repair and widening the existing bridge would not be an alternative because it would destroy its historic value, Amyx said.
Amyx said that he would like to see the bridge saved but that he was concerned about the extra costs involved for county residents.
"How many people do you not allow to use the bridge for farming equipment in order to save it?"
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