Westbound I-70 from west of the 18th Street Expressway to I-635 will be reduced to one open lane beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, and reopening to two lanes of traffic at 5 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, weather permitting.
According to a Kansas Department of Transportation spokesman, the overnight lane closures are for an I-70 multi-bridge repair project in Kansas City, Kan.
When the overnight traffic shift is completed, all westbound I-70 traffic will be shifted from the left two lanes to one mainline right lane on I-70, and the other westbound I-70 lane will run along the collector-distributor road just past 18th Street Expressway to I-635, according to KDOT.
Westbound I-70 traffic will remain in the two through lanes mentioned for the duration of the project.
Drivers should expect delays during the overnight lane closures, KDOT stated. Traffic will be directed through the project work zone through signs, cones and barricades.
When the overnight traffic shift is completed, all westbound I-70 traffic will be shifted from the left two lanes to one mainline right lane on I-70 and the other westbound I-70 lane will run along the collector-distributor road just past 18th Street Expressway to I-635. Westbound I-70 traffic will remain in the two through lanes mentioned above for the duration of the project.
Drivers should expect delays during the overnight lane closures. Traffic will be directed through the project work zone via signage,cones and barricades.
Project construction information, including general phasing, traffic impacts and marked detour route maps can be viewed at: I-70 over Kaw Drive Multi-Bridge Construction Project Handout, http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/kcMetro/pdf2015/I-70%20over%20Kaw%20Drive%20Multi-Bridge%20Construction%20Project%20Handout%20March%202013.pdf.
Updated daily traffic information for this reconstruction project and for the entire Kansas 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 slow down when approaching and driving through the project work zone.