Overland Park, KS - Get your GPS out and map a new route that avoids the intersection of College Boulevard and Antioch.

Starting Saturday, and for 10 days, this major intersection will be closed as it is reconstructed as part of the Antioch widening from 108th Street south to 120th Street. The four-lane divided thoroughfare is being widened to six lanes.

The Antioch Road and College Boulevard intersection will be closed starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, weather permitting. It is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, Aug. 10.
This work is part of the $8.3 million Antioch Road widening project.

Other improvements include storm sewers, turn lanes, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, a new traffic signal at the Shannon Valley and Executive Hills entrances and street lights.

Completion is set for late fall.

Alternate routes are I-435 for eastbound and westbound traffic and Metcalf Avenue for northbound and southbound traffic.

More than 24,000 vehicles travel north and south on Antioch Road and more than 19,000 vehicles travel east and west on College Boulevard at this intersection. If you are one of those drivers, please make alternate plans during the closure.