K-Dot Contractors on Monday will resume a work on a long list of repairs on the K-92/Centennial Bridge spanning the Missouri River in Leavenworth. The repairs were delayed by Missouri River flooding last summer and the seasonal winter shutdown.
Beginning on Monday, March 12 at approximately 9:00 a.m., and lasting through late August, eastbound and westbound K-92 traffic over the Centennial Bridge will be restricted to one lane total for both directions. Traffic will be directed across the bridge through the project work zone by temporary traffic signals located on either end of the bridge.
Repair work on the bridge will include: concrete surface repairs on the piers, structural repairs to various elements of the structural steel, and steel plate guardrail installation. Later on, they will shut down the bridge entirely to jack it up and replace some structural supports.
Officials are urging you to expect delays, and are recommending alternate routes across the Missouri River, via I-435 in Wyandotte County to the south, or US-59 in Atchison to the north.
Traffic on these highways could increase through the repair period.
Advance message boards will alert traffic to the lane closures. Updated traffic information for this bridge repair project can be viewed online here.
K-DoT Offered this map (click to enlarge)
Additional traffic impacts for the project include the complete closure of the bridge for the jacking of the bridge to replace some structural members. These closures will occur over two weekends, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening and reopening to all traffic at 5:00 a.m. on the following Monday morning. These closures are tentatively scheduled to occur in mid-summer 2012. Notice of these weekend closures will be provided via a news release well in advance of the scheduled closures. Marked detours will be provided during the weekend closures.
APAC-Kansas, Inc. is the primary contractor on this bridge repair project with a total contract cost of $2.683 million. The scheduled completion date for the entire project is now fall 2012, weather permitting.