Anderson County Commissioners are trying to decide which vintage county road bridge to “trade” to the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office, since a bridge near Scipio, which is eligible for the National Register of Historic places is decaying and has to be demolished and replaced. County leaders say they think they’ve found a similar historic bridge to trade the state’s historic preservationists in order to tear out the bridge near the intersection of 2100 and Nevada Roads, but the discussion gave rise to the topic of the condition of the Spencer’s Crossing Bridge, northeast of Greeley, which was replaced with a new bridge in 2005 but left standing because of its historical significance from the late 1800s.
The review and compliance coordinator with the Kansas Historical Society, said the demolition of the stone and arch bridge near Scipio isn’t actually a part of that historic register yet; but is eligible if a county does not have a National Register-listed bridge that is comparable to the one that is being demolished, they can list another historic bridge of a different type.
