WICHITA - The Iowa Street bridge over the Kansas Turnpike in Lawrence will be open for morning traffic on Friday, May 23, weather permitting. This bridge closed in early December to be reconstructed as part of the Kansas River Bridges Replacement and Plaza Improvement project. The Iowa Street bridge and the North Michigan Street bridge have both been reconstructed and pave the way for the start of the larger construction project. Further details will be announced soon via the news media as well as through the project's update e-mail notification. Sign up for updates at the project's web site at www.SpanningTheFuture.com.

 

WICHITA - May 22, 2008 - For Immediate Release
See Annie get in the car.
See Annie fasten her seatbelt.
See Annie's chances of surviving a rollover accident drastically improve.
Come see Annie for yourself... Friday, May 23, 2008, at the Towanda Service Area, Milepost 65 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority and Troop G, the Turnpike Division of the Kansas Highway Patrol, will be hosting a SAFETY BREAK with a safety belt rollover simulator demonstration and a variety of safety-related information. This event is aimed at educating Turnpike travelers to the importance of wearing a seatbelt and making responsible driving decisions - not only during the extended Memorial Day weekend, but for life.
The rollover demonstrations use life-like crash dummies, such as Annie, to graphically depict what can occur to vehicle occupants in rollover collisions. KHP Troopers will be on-hand to show what happens to Annie when she is buckled up and what happens to her when she is not.