US-56 Cimarron River bridge project in Haskell County ready to start

            The Kansas Department of Transportation expects a bridge repair project over the Cimarron River on US-56 in Haskell County to begin the week of August 13. The bridge is located about ½-mile northeast of the Seward/Haskell county line. Traffic will be restricted to one lane across the bridge, controlled by a traffic signal. The Kansas DOT expects this bridge repair project to be finished by November, barring any weather delays.             PBX Corporations and Subsidiaries of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, is the primary contractor on this project at a cost of approximately 350 thousand dollars. If you have questions on this project, you can call Greg Adams, Construction Engineer, at 620-624-4451 or Kirk Hutchinson, KDOT Southwest Public Affairs Manager, at 620-276-3241 or 1-877-550-5368 (toll free). You can stay aware of all road construction projects across Kansas at www.kandrive.org<http://www.kandrive.org> or by calling 5-1-1. To learn more about this and other T-WORKS projects, visit www.ksdot.org/tworks<http://www.ksdot.org/tworks>.