Heads Up: K-177 shutdown btwn Strong City and Council Grove 2 March thru the Fall

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Nearly 70-mile detour to last for months in central Kansas with highway 177 shutdown

https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/70 ... -shutdown/ (full article)

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Work crews will be closing a nearly 20-mile stretch of highway in central Kansas soon, creating an almost 70-mile detour route for local drivers.

The Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a social media post on Feb. 25 that K-177 will be closed to traffic due to an upcoming bridge replacement project and reconstruction of the highway in Morris County. The project is scheduled to start on Monday, March 2 and is expected to wrap up in the fall of 2026.

KDOT said the K-177 closure starts where it meets U.S. 56 in Council Grove and extends south for around 19 miles to where K-117 meets U.S. 50, just west of Strong City. The total detour route will be just short of 70 miles in length and will take a little over an hour to complete, according to Google Maps.

(This is a state road detour.)