A website for the East Kellogg Freeway improvements can be found at eastkelloggimprovements.com.

On October 16, new highway projects on East Kellogg (U.S. 54/400) were announced.

Planned and funded by KDOT, City of Wichita and KTA, the projects will include two miles of Kellogg freeway, new U.S.54 interchanges at Webb Road and Greenwich Road and new KTA ramps at U.S. 54 & K-96. 

The WICHway website offers great camera views, traffic speeds and information from message boards PLUS it is smart phone-ready! See our short video on how to bookmark it on You Tube. See the website at www.WICHway.org.

Transportation Secretary Mike King was in Wichita August 21 to announce 460 T-WORKS road and bridge projects for fiscal years 2015 & 2016. Included in the list is the first phase of the I-235 & Kellogg Interchange rebuild, two WICHway expansion projects, five bridge replacements on I-235 and a passel of bike/pedestrian trails projects around the metro. See the entire list.

Check out the postings on Facebook from Wichita KDOT.

KDOT activities in the Wichita Metro.

You can view all scheduled transportation work in Kansas and create a custom project list with maps at the T-WORKS website.

The 2014 KDOT Annual Report is available for your review.

The City of Wichita's weekly traffic report and maintenance project updates are online at the City's Public Works site. Click on “Major Construction Projects for Streets & Buildings” to view the current PDF (updated weekly).

KDOT is blogging! Read the (almost) daily entries.

KanDrive, www.kandrive.org, is a valuable web portal that provides info on weather, highway conditions and construction plus camera views from around the state.

A passenger rail Service Development Plan can be viewed as a 163-page pdf document at KDOT's Passenger Rail page.

Wildflowers and prairie grasses were planted in April 2011 at the I-135 & Kellogg interchange. A dormant planting of wildflower seed was also made at the I-135/I-235/K-96/K-254 interchange in November 2010. Patience...

Beeline Express, a bus service serving Wichita to Salina (two roundtrips/day) and Wichita to Pueblo, Colorado (one trip/day) began in November 2010 .

Preliminary engineering has begun for the redesign of the I-135/I-235/K-96/K-254 interchange (right).

These are cool: Historic State Maps of Kansas. The first highway map is from 1918.

The first phase (Red Project) of the I-235 & U.S. 54 Interchange rebuild doesn't begin until 2015 but you can read about it now at www.235kelloggcentral.com.

The Amtrak Feasibility Study for expanded passenger rail service (including restoration of service to Wichita) is available for your review. A number of helpful documents are posted at www.ksdot.org (scroll down to Amtrak News). 

An enhanced 511 Mobile application is available at http://511mm.ksdot.org.

Can the Wichita Metro Statistical Area (Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey & Sumner counties) stay in compliance with federal air quality standards? Check the metro Air Quality Index for particulate matter, ozone and carbon monoxide.

If you use the Kansas Turnpike a lot, you might want to subscribe to their text messaging service. Info on weather, road conditions and crash-related traffic problems are sent to your phone. Sign up >>

K-TAG is the Kansas Turnpike Authority's electronic tolling program. You can save 15% and breeze through the toll plaza without stopping. Easy to purchase (online or at several retail outlets) and easy to use. Read about the two K-TAG options.

Current Projects

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Two SB I-135 Bridges

2 SB I-135 bridges, S. Hydraulic & MacArthur
Start date: August 18
Completion: Completed
Contract amount: $389,987.50
Prime contractor: Wildcat Construction, Wichita
Scope of work: Polymer overlays and bridge patching under Hydraulic bridge.
Special notes: Daytime repair work on bridge underside at Hydraulic. Polymer overlays on both bridges in September during evening and overnight hours.

I-135, 37th to 85th

I-135, 37th St. N. to 85th St. N.
Start date: June 23
Completion: August 2015
Contract amount: $20,051,529.07
Prime contractor: Cornejo & Sons, Wichita
Scope of work: Major highway rehabilitation includes mill and overlay of driving lanes, bridge repairs & other work
Special notes: Multiple work zones within the six miles of interstate (both NB & SB). 60 mph in the work zone and reduction to 50 mph when workers are present or with lane closures.

I-235 at 13th St.

Ramps added for NB I-235 to 13th St. & 13th St. to SB I-235
Start date: Dec. 3, 2012
Completion: November 21, 2014
Contract amount: $23,111,124.58
Prime contractor: Dondlinger & Sons Construction Co., Wichita
Scope of work: Improvements to 13th & Windmill Road and two new I-235 ramps with bridges over the Big Ditch.
Special notes: Sponsored by the City of Wichita (funds from sales tax used for design and construction). Speed reduction (50 mph) on I-235, Central to Zoo Blvd. Now OPEN.

Crack Sealing

U.S. 54, Ridge -- Hillside & I-235 at Broadway to K-254 at Hydraulic
Start date: Sept. 22
Completion: Completed
Contract amount: $133,523.16
Prime contractor: RDT Inc., Kansas City KS
Scope of work: Crack sealing on asphalt pavement
Special notes: Night work, 6 pm -- 6 am.  

Central Ave. Sign

SB I-135 at Central Ave. Overhead Sign
Start date: 
Completion: 
Contract amount: $98,733.50
Prime contractor: Fulsom Bros. Inc., Cedar Vale, KS
Scope of work: Install new overhead truss structure plus Central Ave. sign
Special notes: 

K-42 Overlay

K-42, K-49 Junction to Hoover Road
Start date: June
Completion: Completed
Contract amount: $3,783,447.46
Prime contractor: Cornejo & Sons, Wichita
Scope of work: Asphalt mill and overlay, restriping
Special notes: Single lane closures during the day for striping.

K-96 over Ark River

Two K-96 bridges over the Big Ark River
Start date: 
Completion: 
Contract amount: $817,447.93
Prime contractor: Wildcat Construction, Wichita
Scope of work: Bridge repairs 
Special notes: 

U.S. 54 Patching

U.S. 54, Ridge to Washington
Start date: July 17
Completion: Completed
Contract amount: $1,213,032.51
Prime contractor: Diamond Surface, Rogers MN
Scope of work: Concrete patching, surface grinding and striping on concrete portions (not including bridges)
Special notes: Night work. Lane closures 7 pm -- 6 am.

K-96 Overlay

K-96, I-135 to Greenwich Road
Start date: Sept. 2
Completion: Completed
Contract amount: $1,959,881
Prime contractor: Cornejo & Sons, Wichita
Scope of work: Ultra thin bonded asphalt overlay
Special notes: Evening & night work. Adjacent ramps will be closed as needed.

K-96 Striping

K-96, I-135 to U.S. 54
Start date: August 1
Completion: Completed
Contract amount: $548,613.90
Prime contractor: RoadSafe Traffic Systems, El Dorado
Scope of work: Replacement of permanent pavement markings (striping, lane skips, turn arrows, etc.)
Special notes: 

Future Projects

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I-235 & Kellogg

I-235 & U.S. 54 Interchange, Phase 1
Bids Open: Sept. 2015
Construction Starts: Late 2015
Scope of work: First phase of interchange reconstruction includes two-lane flyover ramp for SB I-235 to EB Kellogg, a one-lane flyover ramp for NB I-235 to WB Kellogg and auxiliary lanes for I-235 from U.S. 54 to Central St.
More info: The Red Project at www.235kelloggcentral.com

Kellogg & Webb

Kellogg Freeway from Kansas Turnpike to east of Webb Road
Bids Open: Summer 2015
Construction Starts: Fall 2015
Scope of work: Construction of freeway from Eastern St. to 1/2 mile east of Webb Road.
More info: Visit the project's website at www.eastkelloggimprovements.com

Kellogg, Webb to Greenwich

Kellogg Freeway from east of Webb Rd. to east of Greenwich Rd.
Bids Open: Summer 2016
Construction Starts: Fall 2016
Scope of work: Construction of U.S. 54/400 freeway continues with an interchange at Greenwich Road and new ramps at US 54 & K-96 interchange.
More info:  Visit the project's website at www.eastkelloggimprovements.com

West Kellogg

Frontage roads for Kellogg Freeway (U.S. 54) between 135th St. W. & 151st St. W.
Bids Open:
Construction Starts:
Scope of work: Construction of frontage roads.
More info:

NW Bypass

K-254 from Maize to Goddard
Bids Open: Not scheduled
Construction Starts: ?
Scope of work: A freeway connecting K-96 at Tyler Road to U.S. 54 east of 183rd St. West
More info: Some right-of-way has been acquired but funds are not currently available to construct this project.

More news:

75 mph speed limit signs are in place on 807 miles of Kansas highways. See the map of 75 mph routes in Kansas.

Hard to argue with this: 2001 - 2010 was the greatest decade ever for Kansas transportation. See KDOT's decade report.

Keep Right, Pass Left. A Kansas law requires that drivers on roadways outside of cities, with two or more lanes in the same direction, must drive in the right lane unless they are making a left turn or passing another vehicle (fine is $60 + court costs).

Put the phone down and drive! Kansas joins 29 other states: drivers caught writing, sending or reading a text message while on a public road or highway = $60 fine + court costs.

Going fishing? Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks provides weekly fishing updates and KDOT has a couple of public access lakes at Hydraulic and 45th St. North. Here are maps to many of Sedgwick County's fishing locations.