CHANUTE — Crews are reopening a five-mile stretch of U.S. 169 today, from Chanute to near Earlton, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
The highway reopening marks the end of the first phase of the 13-mile highway pavement reconstruction project in Neosho and Allen counties.
But motorists won’t get a clear shot from Allen County to points south for long.
That’s because contractors plan to close next Tuesday a three-mile stretch of 169 between K-39 and Plummer Avenue north of Chanute, to begin work on that reconstruction.