Local brief
Wyandotte County, Kansas: Eastbound I-70 ramp to 5th Street closed Oct. 13–14; 18th Street stays shut until fall 2027
KDOT will close the eastbound I-70 exit ramp to 5th Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 13–14, 2026. K-5 near Sunshine Road is down to one lane each way through Oct. 16, and U.S. 69 (18th Street) stays fully closed at the Kansas River until fall 2027.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) updated its Kansas City metro road work list on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. Wyandotte County has one new short closure this week and two longer ones.
- Eastbound I-70 exit ramp to 5th Street: closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 13 and 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for maintenance. This is new this week.
- K-5 over the Union Pacific Railroad, south of Sunshine Road: one lane closed each way through Oct. 16 for the bridge deck replacement, which should finish in October.
- U.S. 69 (18th Street), Kansas Avenue to Ruby Avenue: fully closed, with the Kansas Avenue and Ruby Avenue ramps closed, until fall 2027 while the 18th Street Bridge over the Kansas River is replaced. Detours are marked.
The 18th Street project replaces the bridge over the Kansas River and rehabilitates the U.S. 69 bridges over Ruby Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, Osage Avenue and the rail lines. Work is done in daylight hours.
Live road conditions: KC Scout (https://www.kcscout.net/) or KanDrive (https://kandrive.gov/). All KDOT work schedules depend on weather and conditions. Media contact at KDOT: Delaney Tholen, 785-817-9365.
Original source: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), "KC Metro Highway Projects Update, Week of October 12," released Oct. 12, 2026, to the Notice Nearby publisher inbox. KDOT KC Metro updates: https://www.ksdot.gov/about/our-organization/districts/district-1-northeast-kansas/kc-metro-updates. Notice Nearby wrote this in its own words. Full metro list: https://noticenearby.com/papers/kansas-kdot-kc-metro-highway-update-week-of-oct-12-2026
What to read next: the Wyandotte County hub (https://noticenearby.com/ks/wyandotte), the full KDOT Kansas City metro paper (https://noticenearby.com/papers/kansas-kdot-kc-metro-highway-update-week-of-oct-12-2026), the Kansas hub (https://noticenearby.com/ks) and how to get ready for emergencies (https://noticenearby.com/prepare). Local businesses, parks and places nearby are on ZOST.app (https://zost.app).
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Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVEMAIL-20261012-KDOTKC-WY · Kansas Department of Transportation.
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