CHANUTE — Repairs to Chanute’s 21st Street overpass spanning U.S. 169 has begun this week.
The Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a press release that the highway will be reduced to one lane within the work zone, with the speed limit reduced to 55 mph.
Wildcat Construction, Inc., of Wichita is in charge of the $93,000 project to repair damaged girders.
Weather permitting, the work should take about three weeks to complete, according to KDOT.
