BLUE HILL, Neb. (AP) — A 33-mile-long detour has been arranged to handle traffic diverted from a road work on a mile of Nebraska Highway 4 in south-central Nebraska.

The Hastings Tribune says the work will begin Monday on the mile running east from the Highway 4 junction with U.S. Highway 281.

The Nebraska Roads Department says the roadway will be repaved and new lighting and guardrails will be installed. The project is expected to be finished in mid-September.

The detour includes stretches of U.S. Highway 281, U.S. Highway 136 and Nebraska Highway 78.

Project manager Lyle Kohmetscher says the long detour is needed because the area has so few paved roads, which are required for truck traffic.