Next week, several significant improvement projects will either start or resume on the Kansas Turnpike near Emporia.
Construction on several bridges in southern Chase County will start Monday. Re-decking and widening will start at mile marker 100, 27 miles southwest of Emporia. That work will lead to single-lane traffic from mile markers 98-102. Also, separate work to mill and overlay a bridge at mile marker 94 will begin. Single-lane traffic is expected from mile markers 93-95 with that project.
Just north of Emporia, bridge construction resumes next week on 10 southbound bridges between mile markers 129-130. Traffic will be pushed to the northbound lanes and will be in single-lane flow during the project.
Travelers can find out more about Turnpike projects like these at www.ksturnpike.com. Drivers can also learn about immediate and future traffic impacts by going online to www.kandrive.org.
