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State funds to replace Atchison Co bridge

By Brian Hagen

03/24/2021

(KAIR)--An Atchison County bridge is among five others in the state selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Off-System Bridge Program.

According to a release from KDOT, $505,000 is dedicated to fund the replacement of the Atchison County bridge, located 1.3 miles north, and a half-mile east of Cummings, over Stranger Creek.

Joe Snyder, Atchison County Road and Bridge Superintendent, in the release, said the County is “very excited about being selected,” adding that without such KDOT prgrams, “it can be difficult for [Atchison County] to have sufficient funding for replacement of” off-system bridges.

Snyder told MSC News the bid letting for construction is to be completed by September of next year, with the start of the actual bridge removal possible in mid-2023.

The first round of projects was selected in the fall of 2020, but the additional six projects were able to be funded due to the addition of “federal funds recently made available to Kansas through the Highway Infrastructure Program.”

The $505,000 earmarked for the Atchison County bridge replacement is part of $3.94 million in federal funding dedicated to the Kansas projects, which “will total nearly $5 million in construction costs.”

Along with Atchison, the other counties selected for the second round of funding are Wabaunsee, Phillips, Franklin, Wilson and Reno.

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