The Kansas Department of Transportation will begin a project to repair two bridges on K-171 in Cherokee County beginning on Monday.

The bridges span the Kansas City Southern Railroad and Taylor Creek and are located three and a half miles east of U.S. 69. The bridges will be repaired one at a time, with the work starting at Taylor Creek. Traffic at the bridge will be reduced to one lane controlled by signals, with expected delays of 15 minutes or less. Project activity will be suspended over the winter months, with work resuming in the spring of 2022. The repairs should be complete by November 2022.

KDOT awarded the construction contract of just under $770,000 to Mission Construction of St. Paul. Drivers are reminded to obey the reduced speed limit through the work zone and to pay close attention to the signs and signals.