TRAFFIC ALERT: Central Avenue Bridge over I-70 for Monday-Friday, October 19-23

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- Westbound Central Avenue on the bridge over I-70 will be reduced to ONE OPEN LANE, 24/7 round the clock, for repair work beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, October 19 and will reopen to all traffic at 6 pm on Friday, October 23, weather permitting in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte County). All adjacent interchange ramps will remain open.

Project work includes expansion joint repairs, deck patching, repair of bridge rail barrier and repair work underneath the bridge deck.

The project contractor, PCI (Minneapolis, MN) will complete repairs on the bridge deck and then suspend the project for the winter season. Then in Spring 2016, the contractor will resume work and complete final repairs underneath the bridge with no planned impacts to traffic.

Traffic will be directed through the project work zone via cones and signage. Drivers should expect some delays and should allow extra time for their daily commutes.

Updated daily traffic information for this bridge repair project and for the entire Kansas City Metro Area can be viewed online at: www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp.

The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, and “Give ‘Em a Brake!” when approaching and driving through the project work zone.

KANSAS CITY METRO TRAFFIC ALERT: Lackman Road long-term lane closures for September 13-29

Northbound and southbound Lackman Road left lanes from 101st Terrace to 105th Street will be closed for traffic switch work beginning at 8 p.m. on Sunday, September 13 and will reopen on Tuesday, September 29, weather permitting.

Remember to avoid traffic delays with the long-term Lackman Road lane closures noted above, drivers can now use Renner Boulevard as an alternative route as all lanes of Renner Boulevard are NOW OPEN to traffic!

Updated daily traffic information for the #jocogateway interchange project can be viewed at www.jocogateway.com and for the entire Kansas City Metro Area at www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp.

The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, and “Give ‘Em a Brake!” when approaching and driving through the project work zone.

The overall #jocogateway project is scheduled to be completed in late December 2016. (KDOT Project #435-46 KA-1002-06)

KANSAS CITY METRO TRAFFIC ALERT: Santa Fe Trail Drive from 101st Street to 105th Street

Kansas Department of Transportation

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ----- Northbound and southbound Santa Fe Trail Drive from 101st Street to 105th Street will be fully to all traffic for the setting of bridge girders, 24/7 round the clock beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 8 and will reopen to all traffic at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, weather permitting.

Due to equipment issues the bridge girders can’t be unloaded until Tuesday afternoon.

Thus the trucks carrying the bridge girders will remain on the closed portion of Santa Fe Trail Drive and the girders will be installed overnight on Tuesday night. We apologize for the delayed reopening,

Marked detour will be provided (see detour map above). Santa Fe Trail Drive traffic will detour via 99th Street to Lackman Road to 107th Street.

Advance message boards will alert drivers to the full roadway closure. Traffic will be directed via signage, cones and barricades. Drivers should expect delays and must use alternate routes during the overnight roadway closures.

KANSAS CITY TRAFFIC ALERT: I-435 at Nall Avenue Interchange overnight lane closures for May 16-17

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ----- Eastbound and westbound I-435 under the Nall Avenue Bridges will have varying lanes closed overnight for boring work for a fiber optic system beginning at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 and reopening to all traffic at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, weather permitting.

All interchange ramps will remain open during the overnight closures. Scheduled overnight lane closures are as follows.

11 p.m. Saturday, May 16 - 4 a.m. Sunday, May 17
Eastbound I-435 right three lanes will be closed first (one at a time until all three lanes are closed at the same time). These three lanes will be reopened and then the far left lane will be closed.

3 a.m. - 8 a.m. Sunday, May 17
Westbound I-435 far left lane will be closed first. Once this lane is reopened, then the right three lanes will be closed (one at a time until all three lanes are closed at the same time).

Advance message boards will alert drivers to the lane closures. Traffic will be directed through the work zone via cones and signage. As well, law enforcement will be on site to help with traffic control overnight. Drivers should expect minor delays during these overnight lane closures.

The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, and “Give ‘Em a Brake!” when approaching and driving through the project work zone.

Updated daily traffic information for the entire Kansas City Metro Area can be viewed online anytime at: www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp

KANSAS CITY TRAFFIC ALERT: New stop sign addition at K-10 & Ridgeview Road Interchange

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- As construction continues for a new diverging diamond interchange at the existing K-10 and Ridgeview Road interchange, a new stop sign is being added for the northbound Ridgeview Road to westbound K-10 ramp traffic movement.

The existing stop sign for the westbound K-10 to southbound Ridgeview Road ramp traffic movement will remain in place making the intersection a multi-way stop.

The new stop sign will be installed sometime during the day on Friday, May 8.

These stop signs will remain in place through the completion of the interchange in late summer 2015, weather permitting.

There will be one additional new stop sign (as mentioned above) and a new stop ahead sign for northbound Ridgeview Road traffic installed tomorrow.