Public works proposes closing low-use Ridge at Diamond Road bridge, keep it on inventory for grant funding

Butler County Public Works staff reported on an old stone-arch bridge on Ridge at Diamond Road that currently carries a 5-ton limit and serves a dead-end mile road with very limited users. Director of Public Works Curtis Mater said landowners generally preferred keeping the road as a quiet, dead-end roadway and one property owner opposed rebuilding, so staff recommends closing the structure to traffic but keeping the bridge on the county inventory so it remains eligible for Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program (KLBIP) funding or similar grant programs.