On Tuesday evening, May 29, K-18 at Walnut Street will be closed so that crews can begin preparation work for the setting of bridge beams for the Walnut Street Bridge over K-18. K-18 at Walnut Street will be closed beginning at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29 and will reopen to all traffic at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30.
Advance message boards will alert drivers on I-70 and on K-18 in Manhattan to the roadway closure. Drivers should expect delays during peak travel times and should use alternate routes during the roadway closure. Updated traffic information for this K-18 project is available at: http://www.ksdot.org/topekaMetro/projectstudyNEKS.asp.
These closures are needed for construction work on the overall improvement project that will reconstruct a seven-mile stretch of K-18 from Manhattan to Ogden to a freeway when completed. There are three construction phases included in the overall K-18 improvement project. The scheduled completion date for phase one construction is Fall 2012 and for phase two and three construction is Fall 2013.
