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Ellsworth County Highway
Department

408 W. 15th
Ellsworth, KS 67439-1623
Office: 785-472-4182
Fax: 785-472-4862
Email:
hwydept@att.net

Ellsworth County Highway Department is located at 408
West 15th on
Old Highway 40.
Office hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday.
Rick Nondorf is the road superintendent.
Ellsworth County maintains 80 miles of paved
roads, 160 miles of gravel roads and 762 bridges.
Permits
Permits are required for any type of work in the County right-of-ways.
Permits can be obtained by contacting the office.
Moving permits are also required. They may be obtained by contacting the
County clerk’s office.
Employment
Ellsworth County has job openings only when positions open up. We have
pre-employment drug screenings and monthly random drug testing.
Weather Policy
Snow – all County blacktop and gravel roads are opened starting as soon as
possible with snow problem only.
Ice – salt trucks will only salt roads (paved) when temperature reaches 20
degrees F or above. Sunshine on the salt will let us salt with lower
temperatures.
Road Closed Projects
5th Road will be closed from Highway 40 South to
Avenue H for bridge replacement. This will include the Dlabal River
Bridge. The road is expected to be closed for 3 to 4 months.
Summer Roadwork
The Ellsworth County Highway Dept. will be overlaying and
sealing the Low Road (Ellsworth to Kanopolis), Old 40 from Ellsworth to
Blackwolf and the Lorraine Road this summer.
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