(KNZA)--Two local, northeast Kansas bridge projects are among bids approved by the Kansas Department of Transportation. T

The bids, for state highway construction and maintenance projects, were opened February 15, in Topeka.

Among those projects is the replacement of a Doniphan County bridge, located over Peters Creek, on old U.S. Highway 36, 2 miles east of Troy. The replacement contract is awarded to B & B Bridge Company LLC, of Saint Paul, Kansas, at a cost of $819,993.

A Nemaha County bridge replacement was also included among the bids. According to KDOT, set for replacement is bridge #16, located over Spring Creek Drainage, 6.5 miles east of the K-9/K-62 junction. Ebert Construction Company Inc & Subsidiary, of Wamego, Kansas, was awarded the $1,158,262 construction contract.

A timeline of the work on the bridge projects isn’t immediately available.