ELLIS COUNTY

The Ellis County Public Works Department is announcing that a small bridge/culvert replacement project will begin Monday, July 15.

The 1600 and 1700 block of 230th Avenue, between 55th and Feedlot Road, will be closed to through traffic beginning at 7:30 a.m. Monday, July 15, and will reopen at 5 p.m. Thursday, weather permitting.

The project will widen the area by the current culvert and increase safety for the traveling public.

Motorists traveling in the affected closure area should use alternate routes of travel until the project is completed. It is recommended to use U.S. 183 to avoid the affected area.

This is one of the first steps for the improvement of 230th from Interstate 70 north to Feedlot Road, along with milling the surface of Feedlot Road from 230th to U.S. 183. Further improvements will be made to Feedlot in late summer to early fall.

For more information, call (785) 628-9455.