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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US 54 Overlay

U.S. 54 from 127th St. E. to Andover Rd.
Start date: Spring or Summer
Completion: 
Contract amount: $1,448,604
Prime contractor: Cornejo & Sons, Wichita
Scope of work: Mill and overlay
Special notes: 

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.

High Friction Ramps

WB K-96 Ramp to SB I-135 and NB I-135 Ramp to SB I-235
Start date: May
Completion: June
Contract amount: $118,952
Prime contractor: RAM Construction, Livonia, Michigan
Scope of work: High friction surface applied to two ramps.
Special notes: 

2 K-254 Bridges

K-254 bridges over RR near Kechi/Oliver
Start date: Spring
Completion: Summer
Contract amount: $595,711.50
Prime contractor: Wildcat Concrete Services, Topeka
Scope of work: Bridge patching then concrete overlay
Special notes: 

K-96 & Greenwich

K-96 & Greenwich Road
Start date: Spring 2014
Completion: Spring 2015
Contract amount: City of Wuichita project
Prime contractor: Dondlinger & sons, Wichita
Scope of work: Construction of two new ramps at the interchange: Greenwich to EB K-96 and WB K-96 to Greenwich
Special notes: Lanes open on K-96 but work continues on Greenwich Road. Ramps to open soon.

Central Ave. Sign

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

K-96 over Ark River

Two K-96 bridges over the Big Ark River
Start date: July
Completion: Fall
Contract amount: $817,447.93
Prime contractor: Wildcat Construction, Wichita
Scope of work: Bridge repairs: patching, polymer overlays, strip seals, rocker plates
Special notes: 

K-96 Shoulders

K-96, Big Ark River to I-235/K-96/Meridian Interchange + five bridges' shoulders
Start date: March or April
Completion: Summer
Contract amount: $1,791,885
Prime contractor: APAC Kansas Inc., Shears Division, Hutchinson
Scope of work: Reconstruction asphalt shoulders
Special notes: 

K-96 Overlay

EB K-96, Reno Co.line to Maize Rd. and WB K-96 Reno/Sedgwick county line to Victory Rd.
Start date: Spring or Summer
Completion: Summer or Fall
Contract amount: $1,917,356.90
Prime contractor: APAC Kansas Inc., Shears Division, Hutchinson
Scope of work: Mill and overlay, striping, seal shoulders
Special notes: 

I-135 Lighting

I-135 at 101st St. North
Start date: Summer
Completion: Late Summer
Contract amount: Bids open in February
Prime contractor: 
Scope of work: Replacement of high mast lighting structure
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: June 12
Construction Starts: August
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.