Governor Laura Kelly announced 29 bridge projects across Kansas will receive more than $5 million as part of the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program (KLBIP). The KLBIP is a state-local partnership initiative that provides funds to replace or rehabilitate locally-owned deficient bridges to improve the Kansas infrastructure.
Kelly’s administration reinstated KLBIP in 2019 to assist cities and counties by providing up to $150,000 toward the replacement or rehabilitation of a bridge on the local roadway system. For this recent round of KLBIP selections, a total of 62 applications were received with requests for $10.5 million in funds.
There are approximately 19,300 bridges on Kansas’ local road systems. About 26% – or 5,000 – of those bridges are in poor condition or unable to meet today’s weight and vehicle requirements. The KLBIP targets bridges 20-50 feet in length and a daily vehicle count of less than 100.
A link to a map showing the projects is here.
The list of recipients and project locations are below. Those with an asterisk indicate recipients that closed a second deficient bridge to receive an additional $50,000.
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Name |
Project Location |
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Atchison County |
2.5 miles south and 0.7 mile west of Farmington over Tributary to Stranger Creek |
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Jackson County |
0.5 mile east of Circleville over Tributary to Elk Creek |
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Leavenworth County |
1.25 miles north of K-192 on 255th Street over Dawson Creek |
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City of Lenexa |
1,500 feet east of Pflumm Road over Flat Rock Creek |
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Marshall County * |
1.5 miles west of Vliets on Tumbleweed Road over Ackerman Branch Creek |
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Pottawatomie County * |
2.0 miles north and 1.5 miles east of Westmoreland on Robson Road over Darnells Creek |
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Wabaunsee County * |
7.0 miles east of Alma and 3.0 miles south of I-70 on Boothill Road over Tributary of Snokomo Creek |
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Chase County * |
3.2 miles north and 2.5 miles west of Bazaar over Buck Creek |
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Clay County |
2.0 miles south and 2.0 miles east of Fact on 28th Road over Deadman Creek |
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Geary County |
4.5 miles west and 6.0 miles south of Wreford on West Lyon Creek Road |
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Republic County * |
2.0 miles south and 0.3 mile west of Agenda on Xavier Road over West Fork Elk Creek |
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Decatur County * |
5.5 miles north and 9.4 miles west of Norcatur over Sappa Creek |
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Osborne County |
0.1 mile north of Osborne on South 120th Avenue over Drainage Ditch |
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Phillips County * |
0.5 mile south and 5.0 miles east of Phillipsburg on East 600 Road over Big Creek |
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Rawlins County * |
11.2 miles south and 2.5 miles east of McDonald over Beaver Creek |
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Smith County * |
4.0 miles north and 2.7 miles west of Bellaire over Spring Creek |
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Trego County * |
2.9 miles north and 7.0 miles west of Trego Center over Downer Creek |
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Cherokee County |
0.9 mile east of Columbus on East Maple Street over Brush Creek |
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Miami County * |
1.0 mile south and 0.8 mile west of Beagle on 399th Street over Tributary to Middle Creek |
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Montgomery County |
3.0 miles east and 3.0 miles north of Elk City over Duck Creek Drainage |
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Barber County |
2.3 miles north and 3.0 miles west of Sharon on Blackmore Road over Tributary to West Branch Little Sandy Creek |
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Butler County * |
1.0 mile east and 5.8 miles north of Latham on SE Flint Hills Road over North Branch Hickory Creek |
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Kiowa County |
7.0 miles north of Greensburg over Rattlesnake Creek |
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Pawnee County |
6.0 miles north and 4.5 miles west of Larned over Ash Creek |
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Reno County * |
7.4 miles west and 2.7 miles south of Pretty Prairie on Fairview Road over Smoots Creek |
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Rush County * |
1.5 miles south and 3.0 miles east of La Crosse on CR280 Road over Sand Creek |
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Sedgwick County |
7.0 miles east of Valley Center and 2.0 miles north of the Kanza Coop in Furley on Greenwich Road over Sand Creek |
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Finney County |
25.0 miles east and 12.0 miles north of Garden City on Ravana Road over the Pawnee River |
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Ford County |
0.5 mile north of Lariat Road on 133 Road over Coon Creek |
