After being closed for several days due to flooding, there is finally some movement on Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia.
Lyon County Emergency Management has reported that all traffic is once again open on K-99 at Emporia’s south city limits. The Kansas Turnpike’s floodgates near mile marker 122.5 have closed in a corresponding move.
The highway has been closed for a week. The opening also means people can now use the old Highway 99 bridge and visit the All Veterans Memorial. It also means people can use Commercial Street to get to the zoo instead of detouring at Logan Avenue and then traveling to South Exchange.
Elsewhere, Kansas Highway 58 between US-75 and LeRoy is still open to one lane. KDOT crews are flagging traffic through that part of the highway.
In Greenwood County, Kansas Highway 99 is open north to south. However, KDOT is monitoring an area over Slate Creek near Hamilton because flash flooding has eroded the shoulder’s edge and started to undermine the highway surface. Channelizers are reducing the lane width at that location, and KDOT is reducing the total weight limit.
Numerous county road closures remain in effect for Lyon, Chase, Coffey and Greenwood counties. Stay with KVOE and KVOE.com for updates.
