Noting it was cheaper than replacing the condemned bridge over the Lischevsky Ditch east of Great Bend, the Great Bend City Council Monday night purchased property that would allow access to farm land that would otherwise have been isolated. Following negotiations, the land is being bought from Nels Lindberg at a cost of $25,000, plus the cost to move a fence and miscellaneous expenses, like the replacement of a cattle guard. A new bridge would have cost about $150,000, City Attorney Bob Suelter said.