The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to close U.S. 169 to traffic between Maryland Road at Welda and the south U.S. 169/U.S. 59 junction tomorrow, weather permitting. The closure will be in effect until late 2020.

Northbound U.S. 169 traffic will be placed on a signed state route detour as follows: from the U.S. 169/U.S. 54 junction at Iola, travel east on U.S. 54 to the U.S. 54/U.S. 59 junction at Moran, then travel north and west on U.S. 59 to the south U.S. 59/U.S. 169 junction. Southbound U.S. 169 traffic should take the same detour route in the opposite direction.

The highway closure is part of the $21 million project to reconstruct and rehabilitate 7½ miles of U.S. 169 in Anderson County. Work started in early March.