(KAIR)--Repair work is underway this late week on a well-traveled traffic route in Atchison.

According to a release from the City of Atchison, the 6th Street viaduct preliminary repair work began Wednesday, with work continuing through the remainder of the week.

The release explains that the contractor set actual patch work for Thursday and Friday, with the viaduct remaining closed to traffic until the work is completed.

The tentative plan, the City notes, is to have the viaduct reopened for weekend traffic.

However, the contractor will return once the patches have fully cured and finish the repairs by covering the patches with a reinforcing material.

The repair work is made necessary due to damage caused to the viaduct in August when a construction company’s excavator, transported on a trailer, damaged several of the viaduct’s beams as it passed beneath, eastbound on Main Street, due to a lack of clearance.

The repair work began shortly after unanimous approval was granted Monday by the Atchison City Commission to accept PciRoads low bid of $82,879 to conduct the work.

According to City documents, the insurance provider for the construction company at fault for the damage has confirmed that both engineering and construction costs are able to be reimbursed.