FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — Owners of two farms near Rulo say they can’t reach some of their fields, so they want Richardson County to reopen a closed bridge for them.

A letter from a law firm says the farm owners want $400,000 in damages unless the bridge is reopened.

The bridge north of Rulo is on a minimum maintenance road near the Missouri River. It connects no residences.

Commissioner David Sickel said Tuesday that access depends on the agreeability of other landowners and the use of a flood levee.

The state closed the bridge in 2006 for safety reasons, and Sickel says a replacement isn’t in the county’s one- or six-year road plans. He also says Richardson County doesn’t have authority to reopen the bridge.

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