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KDOT Lettings: July 2025

Federal-Aid 75 TE 0532-01: Safe Routes to School sidewalk improvements along 1st Street, 6th Street, Lincoln Avenue, Chapman Road, and Dalton Gulch Road in St. George. 4-64 KA-6907-01: Full-depth concrete reconstruction of MacKenzie Street from Grand to Walnut Streets in White City. 81-72 KA-7266-01: Replace the light towers at the US 81/K-106 interchange near Minneapolis. 20 C 5288-01:…

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KDOT Lettings: May 2025

Federal-Aid: 3 U 2497-01: Replace the bridge on Julia Street over Brewery Creek in Atchison. 69-46 KA 7676-01: Pavement Marking on the Overland Parkway between 95th and I-35435-46 KA 7677-01: Pavement Marking on I-435 from the Johnson County Gateway (K-10/I-35) to Metcalf 177-81 KA 7660-01/177-31 KA 7659-01: 2-inch milling and 2-inch HMA overlay on K-177 from I-70 to just south of K-18 (Geary…

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KDOT Lettings: April 2025

There are 21 projects up for bids on April 16. Federal-Aid KDOT April 2025 70-99 KA 7607-01: Bridge repair on the westbound I-70 bridge over Pretty Creek west of McFarland.  70-27 KA-7551-01/70-53 KA-7552-01: Concrete patching on I-70 in Ellsworth and Lincoln Counties. 70-31 KA-6483-01: Replace the J Hill Road bridge over I-70  61-59 KA-7612-01: Bridge repair on Northbound K-61 bridge over…

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KDOT Lettings: March 2025

Federal-Aid: 46 TE 0512-01: New shared-use path along the east side of Sunflower Road from 103rd north to 91st Street in Desoto. 75-70 KA 6756-01: Rehabilitate the bridges over K-276/BNSF Emporia Subdivision Main 1 and the Marais Des Cynges River near Olivet. US 75 to be closed at K-276, detour via K-31 and I-35. Marais Des Cynges River bridge will maintain one lane of traffic, controlled by…

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KDOT Lettings: February 2025

The biggest item on the February KDOT lettings is the reconstruction of the roundabout at the US 59/US 169 junction south of Garnett.

Federal-Aid: 24-23 KA 6793-01: Replace the traffic signal at Teepee Junction in North Lawrence (between US 24, US 40, and US 59) 52 N 0772-01: Full reconstruction of 158th Street from Garden Parkway to Parallel, and on Parallel from 159th Street to 155th. 30-99 KA 3920-01: Replace a small bridge over a drainage ditch with a box culvert at the railroad crossing just southwest of Maple Hill.…

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KDOT Lettings: January 2025

Federal-Aid 59-3 KA 5769-01: Replace two culverts on US 59 in Atchison County. One of the culverts takes US 59 over 262nd Road. 43 C 5292-01: Repace the 246th Road bridge over a Tributary to Elk Creek south of Circleville 44 C 5297-01: Replace the McCall Road Truss bridge over Slough Creek north of Oskaloosa. 77-58 KA 7503-01: 2-inch milling and 2-inch HMA Overlay on US 77 from the K-9…

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KDOT Lettings: December 2024

The December KDOT lettings focus on various maintenance projects, including road overlays, sidewalk improvements, and bridge repairs.

After a couple of months with some big-ticket projects, the December lettings contain more of the “general maintenance” items: Federal-Aid (unless otherwise noted) 35-46 KA 7546-01: PCCP Patching and 4-inch (total) HMA overlay on Northbound I-35 from 95th Street to I-635. 56 TE 0516-01: New sidewalk along 24th Avenue from Prairie to Lincoln Street, and along 12th Street and Burlingame Road…

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KDOT Lettings: November 2024

We have back-to-back months with major projects. November’s big-ticket item is replacing the 18th Street Expressway bridge over the Kansas River in KCK. Federal-Aid 69-105 KA 4881-02: replace the 18th Street Expressway bridge over the Kansas River 17-27 KA-7535-01: 1/2-inch milling and 1.5-inch overlay on K-14 from K-140 to I-70 4-27 KA-7536-01/4-59 KA-7537-01/4-85 KA-7538-01: 1/2-inch…

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KDOT Lettings: October 2024

The October lettings include a major item: Replacing the I-70 Polk-Quincy viaduct in Downtown Topeka. Federal-Aid 73-7 KA-3890-01: Remove the ‘U’ Street bridge over US 73/K-7 in Atchison. U Street will dead-end at US 73 after the project is completed. During the project, there will be a full closure of US 73, through traffic will be detoured via K-192 and US 59. 73-3 KA-7473-01/73-7…

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KDOT Lettings: September 2024

77-58 KA 3924-01: Replace the US 77 bridge over Deer Creek west of Oketo—traffic to be carried via a shoo-fly detour. 99-58 KA 5764-01: Replace the K-99 bridge over Jim Creek South of Frankfort 77-58 KA 6897-01: Reconstruct 10th Street (US 77) in Marysville from the north end of the Union Pacific Bridge to Oak Street 99 C 5238-01: Replace the Fairfield Road Bridge over Hendricks Creen north of…

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KDOT Lettings: August 2024

Here’s what’s up for bids at the August lettings. Federal-Aid 63-66 KA 5729-01: Replace the K-63 bridge over Turkey Creek 7.64 miles north of US 36 and south of K-71. One lane of traffic is to be maintained and controlled by traffic signals. 141-27 KA 5723-01: Replace the K-141 bridge over the Union Pacific just south of K-140. Detour via K-140, K-156, and K-4 281-71 KA 6020-01:…

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Primary Endorsements

Before I begin, I need to re-iterate my Civil Servant’s Disclaimer: The views expressed on this blog are my own, not those of my employer. Those who know me well will find it unusual, but for this election cycle, I have ‘crossed the floor’ and registered for the Democrat primary. The GOP has no competitive primary races involving my voting district, and there are two local races on the Democrat…

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KDOT Lettings: July 2024

There are 34 projects up for bids on July 17.

Federal-Aid: 7 C 5217-01: Replace a culvert on 220th Street over an unnamed stream southwest of Fairview 26 C 5221-01: Replace the 370th Avenue bridge over Big Creek South of Walker 69-19 KA 7352-01: Pavement marking from the US 400/K-171 junction to the north Junction with US 160 in Pittsburg 135-87 KA 6978-01: Bridge repair on the 77th Street bridge over I-135 in Valley Center 183-49 KA…

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KDOT Lettings: June 2024

The June lettings include the widening of the western leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway, along with several pavement marking and bridge repair projects. Federal-Aid 3 TE 0537-01: Safe Routes to School sidewalk project in Atchison, primarily Santa Fe Street from 10th to 15th and 14th from Main to Atchison Street. 40-23 KA 3634-03: Widening of the South Lawrence Trafficway from 2 lanes to 4…

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KDOT Lettings: May 2024

There are 26 projects up for letting at KDOT on May 22.

Federal-Aid: 70-89 KA 6932-01: Deck patching on the California Avenue bridge over I-70 in Topeka. 4-89 KA 6933-01: Repair the approaches to the Oakland Expressway bridges over 6th Street in Topeka 89 TE 0505-02: Bike route improvements in Topeka 24-62 KA 6437-01: Reconstruction of Wisconsin Street in Cawker City 69-6 KA 6738-01/69-54 KA 6791-01: 2.5-inch milling and 2.5-inch HMA overlay on…

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KDOT Lettings: April 2024

Here are the highway projects scheduled to be up for bids on April 17.

Here are the projects scheduled to be up for bids on April 17: Federal-Aid 23 TE 0517-01: New Sidewalk along the west side of Church Street from 15th Street to 20th Street in Eudora, including on the bridge over K-10. 66 C 5195-01: Major collector signage upgrade in Northern Nemaha County.81 TE 0525-01: Reconstruction and storm sewer updates on Juliette Avenue from Pierre Street to Poyntz…