HUTCHINSON, Kan. — While some county roads that have been blocked off due to the K-14 highway project are reopening in Rice County, two of the major Reno County roads are still closed and will be for some time.
According to the Kansas Department of Transportation both W. 82nd Avenue and W. 56th Avenue are still closed while crews finish building bridges and an interchange.
KDOT says 82nd will open by the end of the summer, probably in mid- September. When finished, 82nd will feature a bridge over the new four-lane highway.
The other project will take longer. Officials say that due to the extensive work yet to be done with the interchange that is being built for W. 56th Avenue, that road will remain closed through the late spring or early summer of 2023. Motorists using W. 56th can detour onto Wilson Rd. and go south to K-14.
Starting Wednesday, a third road will close in Reno County connected to the project. KDOT will close Nickerson Rd. from 108th Avenue to 95th Avenue.
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