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Doniphan Co accepts funding award for bridge project

By Greg Bebermeyer

09/19/2025

Doniphan Co Courthouse

( KNZA)--The Doniphan County Commission has accepted a funding award for a bridge project.

According to the unofficial meeting minutes, the Commission voted 2-1 Monday to accept $1.25 million in funding awarded for the replacement of a bridge on Oxide Road, over an abandoned railroad, about 2 1/2 miles east of Troy.

The funding is under the 2027 Off System Bridge Program through the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Commission Chairman Wayne Gable casting the dissenting vote, saying he could not consciously vote to put a new bridge over a dry hole and railroad tracks that no longer exist.

Road Office Manager Lindsay Norris said the bridge is is one of the lowest rated bridges the county has on the bridge inspection list.

Commissioner Timothy Collins said the bridge offers a secondary, alternate route to U.S. 36 Highway and is a school bus route.

The county will be responsible for pre-construction engineering, utility placement and right-of-way acquisition at an cost of about $83,000.

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