Ramps at I-235 and Kellogg to close for several months
West-side Wichita commuters will not be happy to hear this news:
The four cloverleaf ramps at I-235 and Kellogg are closing until late December, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Project Update: I-235 over US-54 1 lane traffic moves to LEFT lane FRIDAY 9am (until Dec). All 4 cloverleaf ramps close too. #icttraffic
— WichitaKDOT (@WichitaKDOT) September 21, 2017
The closures are part of ongoing construction to redo the interchange, which started in 2015. The project is scheduled to be done in 2019.
Work on the I-235 bridges over Kellogg is moving to the right lanes of I-235, according to a KDOT release. The one lane of traffic on I-235 – northbound and southbound – will move to the left lane on Friday at 9 a.m., KDOT said on Twitter.
Detours will be posted on portable message boards, said Tom Hein, KDOT spokesman, in an updated release by e-mail.
Ramps affected are:
▪ westbound Kellogg to southbound I-235
▪ eastbound Kellogg to northbound I-235
▪ northbound I-235 to westbound Kellogg
▪ southbound I-235 to eastbound Kellogg
Also, the new southbound I-235 ramp to westbound Kellogg is scheduled to open Sept. 29.
And, over the Oct. 6-9 weekend, Kellogg under I-235 and I-235 over Kellogg will be closed so that workers can place bridge beams. The closure is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 6 until 6 a.m. Oct. 9.
For more information on work on Wichita-area highways, go to www.ksdot.org/WichitaMetro.
This story was originally published September 21, 2017 at 6:30 PM with the headline "Ramps at I-235 and Kellogg to close for several months."