By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Doniphan County is getting help from the state of Kansas along with the federal government to finance a major bridge replacement near Troy.
Gov. Laura Kelly’s office announced it is awarding money to help replace the Oxide Road bridge over an abandoned CRI railroad line south of U.S. 36 Highway. The bridge is located two-and-a-half miles east of Troy.
The total cost of the bridge is $1,250,000. Under the state program, Doniphan County is contributing $82,994 or 6.8% of the project’s cost.
The project is one of 27 local and off-system bridge projects across Kansas receiving a combined $40.5 million in state and federal funding.
“By funding bridge projects across our state, we are directly investing in the future of our communities,” Gov. Laura Kelly said in a written statement released by her office. “Repairing and replacing aging bridges ensures people and commerce can move safely and efficiently throughout Kansas.”
The governor’s office says that by reshaping the local bridge programs, the Kansas Department of Transportation more than doubled its annual funding as part of the existing Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE).
The office reports that of the 19,000 local bridges more than 5,000 need to be updated.
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