Starting June 20, 2016, weather permitting, the Kansas Department of Transportation expects to begin work on a bridge replacement project along K-9 in Norton County.

Crews will be replacing the bridge over the North Fork Solomon River Drainage located approximately 12 miles east of the Norton/Decatur County line or 1.5 miles east of Lenora. Traffic will be detoured using K-123, K-383, U.S. 36 and U.S. 283 for the duration of the project, which is expected to be completed in early November.

KDOT awarded the construction contract, totaling $742,000 to Venture Corporation of Great Bend.