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A portion of S.E. California Avenue near Interstate 70 in East Topeka will be closed for a bridge-replacement project that is set to begin Monday, officials said.(MGN\/ Daniel X. O’Neil \/ CC BY 2.0)<\/p>\nTOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A major thoroughfare in East Topeka is set to be closed for several months starting Monday as part of a bridge replacement project.<\/p>\n
According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, the S.E. California Avenue bridge over Interstate 70 will fully close until late fall.<\/p>\n
During the closure, through traffic can follow the marked detour on S.E. 21st Street, S.E. Adams Street and S.E. 10th Street, or find an appropriate alternative route. <\/p>\n
A portion of S.E. California Avenue near Interstate 70 in East Topeka will be closed for a bridge-replacement project that is set to begin Monday, officials said.(MGN\/ Daniel X. O’Neil \/ CC BY 2.0)<\/p>\n
A pedestrian and bike detour path is marked on S.E. 11th Street, S.E. 10th Street, S.E. Deer Creek-Carnahan Avenue and S.E. 21st Street.<\/p>\n
Demolition and removal of the existing structure will start Wednesday, May 13. <\/p>\n
Work will affect traffic on I-70 and require an overnight closure of the area between the California Avenue ramps. Motorists should plan for the following:<\/p>\n
Wednesday, May 13, at 9 a.m.:\u00a0The outside lanes of\u00a0I-70\u00a0will close. Each direction will be restricted to their inside lane. The S.E. Deer Creek on-ramp to westbound\u00a0I-70\u00a0will also close and will remain closed for the duration of the project.Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m.:\u00a0All lanes of\u00a0I-70\u00a0under California Avenue will close. During the closure,\u00a0I-70\u00a0traffic will be diverted around the closed area by exiting at the respective off-ramp and re-entering\u00a0I-70\u00a0via the on-ramp. The off-ramp stop signs will be covered, allowing traffic to flow through the intersection. Access to and from California Avenue will not be available.Thursday, May 14, by 7 a.m.:\u00a0Both inside lanes of\u00a0I-70\u00a0will open, and access to California Avenue will resume.Thursday, May 14, by 3 p.m.:\u00a0All lanes of\u00a0I-70\u00a0are expected to reopen.<\/p>\n
On Friday, May 15, I-70 will be reduced to one lane in each direction. The lane reductions will remain for the duration of the project. <\/p>\n
On Monday, May 18, all I-70 ramps to and from California Avenue will close for approximately two months. A marked detour will direct ramp traffic to the S.E. Deer Creek\/Carnahan Avenue interchange during this time. <\/p>\n
Additional closures and reductions may occur in the area until the project is complete.<\/p>\n
All project work and traffic changes will be completed as conditions permit and the work schedule is subject to change.<\/p>\n
More information about the project is available at ksdot.gov\/California-Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n KDOT urges motorists to stay alert and follow posted signs in all work zones. For current road conditions, visit KanDrive.gov<\/a> or call 511. For updates on highway projects in northeast Kansas, visit ksdot.gov\/NortheastNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WIBW. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A major thoroughfare in East Topeka is set to be closed for several months…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7799,7,9,8,130199,128904,130198,7863],"class_list":["post-310252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-bridge","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-east-topeka","tag-i-70","tag-interstate-70","tag-kansas-department-of-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}