(KMZA)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a bid for a Nemaha County bridge project.

Reece Construction Company, of Salina, was awarded the contract for the replacement of a bridge on U.S. 36 Highway over the North Fork Black Vermillion River located about one mile east of the Nemaha/Marshall County line.

The bid was for $4.2 million.

A construction start date hasn't yet been announced.

The bid letting took place August 23 in Topeka.