Route 59 re-opens between Rushville and Atchison, Kansas

By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post

The initial levee break which closed U.S. Route 59 in southern Buchanan County the first time./Photo courtesy of the Kansas Highway Patrol

U.S. Route 59 in southern Buchanan County has re-opened, allowing traffic to move again between Missouri and Kansas.
The Missouri Department of Transportation says only one lane of Highway 59 is open between Rushville and Atchison, Kansas with floodwaters still over the other lane of traffic.

Traffic is being regulated by temporary traffic signals.

Click here for the latest on the flooding situation in northwest Missouri.