Commuters had reason to rejoice Wednesday afternoon as I-70 just east of Lawrence opened to two lanes of traffic in both directions.
For much of the summer and fall, the three-mile section of road had been squeezed from four lanes of traffic to two as the Kansas Turnpike Authority rebuilt the 50-year-old concrete road.
The lane closure caused major traffic headaches particularly on Friday evenings as cars backed up for miles.
By the middle of Wednesday afternoon, crews completed work on the road and had it open for the evening rush hour.
Comments
jeffds01 7 years, 6 months ago
what about the west bound lanes????
wmathews 7 years, 6 months ago
Both eastbound and westbound lanes are included in this. The article says the construction was east of Lawrence, not that this only affects eastbound lanes.
Whitney Mathews Assistant Community Editor for Online
hail2oldku 7 years, 6 months ago
Don't mind jeff, he's still working with his hooked on phonics trying to grasp the comprehending what you're reading thing.
"I-70 just east of Lawrence opened to two lanes of traffic in both directions."
missmagoo 7 years, 6 months ago
PTL!!!!!!!!!!!!
SeaFox 7 years, 6 months ago
All I gotta say is thank god this is finished. But I'm happy the road work actually got done, too.
Ricky_Vaughn 7 years, 6 months ago
Aren't they going to close this all up again in March? The bridge isn't finished yet, right?
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