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Following an abrupt closure when a sinkhole was discovered Saturday evening, County Road 458 has reopened to traffic, according to a tweet from Douglas County Tuesday afternoon.
The westbound ramp from Kansas Highway 10 to Lexington Avenue in De Soto was set to close Thursday as workers prepare to demolish the westbound bridge deck this weekend.
Bridge improvement work along a roughly 9-mile stretch of K-10 between Eudora and K-7 is set to begin Monday, and it’s expected to continue through early December.
The city will soon start two more construction projects that will require road closures over the next few months. Here are the details.
The City of Lawrence has started a three-phase construction project on East 23rd Street that’s expected to last about 18 months.
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The parking garage on New Hampshire Street between Ninth and 10th streets will be closed for renovation and improvement work from Tuesday, July 5 through Monday, July 18.
Lanes of Louisiana Street will be closed between 19th and 21st streets beginning Monday, June 6, for construction work, according to a news release from the city.
Construction work is causing reduced lanes on a southbound stretch of Naismith Drive, and next week the northbound roadway will be closed, according to the city.
We were stuck in traffic at 31st and Iowa this weekend and had plenty of time to collect some of the growing number of snarky Facebook posts about how construction has made the intersection LFK’s own gridlock nightmare.
The city of Lawrence will begin a complete reconstruction of East 19th Street on Monday, and the work is expected to conclude in August.
