(KAIR)--U.S. Highway 59 is closed due to flooding.

The decision to close the highway, located in Buchanan County, Missouri, east of Atchison, Kansas, was made Wednesday evening by the Missouri Department of Transportation.

According to a social media post by Atchison County Emergency Management, the closing includes the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge, in Atchison.

Although barricades were put in place on the bridge Wednesday night, the social media post said it will remain open to local traffic only.