Wheel Genius: Road work set this week

Lawrence

• The intersection of North Second and Locust streets in North Lawrence remains a construction site. Traffic is limited to one lane heading south, while drivers going north are directed onto a detour that includes Elm, North Third, Locust and Lyon streets. Work is expected to continue through this month and beyond.

• Construction continues for a new U.S. Highway 59 between Lawrence and Ottawa.

Douglas County

• Douglas County Road 9, which is East 1500 Road, is closed until late spring from the Kansas Turnpike to U.S. Highway 24-40.

U.S. Highway 24

• U.S. Highway 24 is reduced to one lane for traffic crossing the Menoken Road Bridge in Shawnee County, a restriction — one governed by automated traffic-control signals — expected to remain in place 24 hours a day through late Thursday. Crews are making emergency bridge repairs, said Kim Qualls, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Interstate 435

• Drivers on Interstate 435 in Johnson County will face varying lane closures in both directions from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday between Interstate 35 and State Line Road. Crews will be repairing pavement.

U.S. Highway 69

• Drivers in both directions on U.S. Highway 69 in Johnson County will encounter varying lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday between Interstate 435 and 151st Street, where crews will be repairing pavement. Also to be closed from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, for installation of temporary barriers: the left lane for traffic heading south from Interstate 35 to 103rd Street, and the left lane for traffic going north from 87th Street to I-35.