Crews began construction Monday on the final phase of the North Campus Corridor project, closing the intersection of Denison Avenue and Kimball Avenue for a week to install and test new traffic signals. 

Road closures may impact traffic commuting to the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility, Rec Center or the Edge District. 

According to an X post by the City of Manhattan, drivers should use College Avenue, Marlatt Avenue and Tuttle Creek Boulevard to avoid encountering construction. 

“This final closure of the intersection will last until Friday, March 28,” the City announced via X. 

This phase is the final part of a larger plan to improve the roads near Kansas State’s campus.

According to the project overview, it “will expand the major roadways near K-State University and the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility” and includes “increased lane widths and dedicated turn lanes, improved storm sewer infrastructure, protected medians, traffic signal and crosswalk innovations, pedestrian walkways, … bicycle improvements, bus stops, [and] streetscape and landscape enhancements.”

For more information about suggested detours, visit In the Zone, the City of Manhattan’s construction update newsletter.