CLAY/JACKSON COUNTIES — In spring 2026, the Missouri Department of Transportation will reopen Northbound U.S. Highway 169 just north of the Kansas City Downtown Airport -Wheeler Field in a new traffic pattern.    As part of the new traffic pattern, crossovers will be constructed, and Northbound/Southbound U.S. 169 traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and placed in a head-to-head traffic…