(KNZA)--A bridge maintenance project on U.S. 36 highway in Brown County began Thursday.

The project is located one half mile west of the U.S. 73/U.S. 36 junction over Linden Road.

The Kansas Department of Transportation says the work will occur during daylight hours and is expected to be completed in mid-July. 

Traffic will be controlled using speed limit signs, traffic cones and traffic lights. Lanes will be reduced to 11 feet in width.

Reece Construction Co. of Salina is the contractor on the $252,000 project.