Traffic on the northbound Kansas River bridge in downtown Lawrence will be reduced to one lane beginning next week as crews return to finish a repaving job left over from last summer.

Crews will begin work on the northbound bridge at 9 a.m. Monday, and the Kansas Department of Transportation expects the repaving work to last into early June.

KDOT is urging motorists to find alternative routes, if possible, because traffic is expected to move slowly through the construction zone.

The repaving project began in August, but work was suspended in November due to winter temperatures that interfered with the paving process.