The intersection of the Farmers Turnpike and Douglas County Road 1029 is set to close Wednesday, weather permitting.

Crews from Hamm Inc. plan to barricade the intersection at 8 a.m. as part of a project to replace the intersection with a banked curve designed to handle cars moving 55 mph.

There now is a stop sign on the Farmers Turnpike, also known as County Road 438, at its intersection with County Road 1029. The curve will remove the need for the stop sign.

“This is a significant change,” said Keith Browning, county engineer and director of public works.

The curve work is part of a larger project to overhaul a 2.75-mile section of County Road 1029, which normally carries 4,700 vehicles a day. The road has been closed since March 22 for reconstruction, after being closed for several weeks late last year for drainage and utility work.

Crews from Hamm, a Perry-based contractor, are adding paved shoulders, lowering hills, filling in dips and flattening roadside ditches to improve safety for drivers. The project’s nearly $2 million construction bill is being shared by the county and Kansas Department of Transportation.

Browning said the project likely would be finished in July, about two months earlier than expected.