(KMZA)--Weather allowing, the Kansas Department of Transportation will close a portion of K-9 Highway in Nemaha County on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 6th and 7th.

KDOT said the highway will be closed from 9 am to 3 pm while maintenance crews remove trees along the roadway.

The closure will be about three miles west of Centralia, between County Road C and County Road D/Baileyville Road.

No detours will be posted, and through traffic will need to use alternate routes.

KDOT urges all motorists to be alert and obey the warning signs when approaching and driving through a highway work zone.