(KNZA)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved bids for several highway improvement projects.

In Brown County, Dustrol Inc., of Towanda, was awarded the bid for the recyle and overlay of a 12 mile stretch of U.S. 36 Highway from the Brown/Nemaha County line to 1.7 miles west of the west city limits of Hiawatha in the amount of $1.4 million.

Bids were approved from Herzog Contracting Corporation, of St. Joseph, Missouri, for three projects in Jefferson County.

They include the milling and overlay of a nearly 8 mile-stretch of K-192 from the junction with U.S. 59 to the Jefferson/Leavenworth County line in the amount of nearly $1.2 million.

Milling and overlay of an about 18-mile stretch of K-4 from the junction with K-92 north to the junction with U.S. 59 in the amount of nearly $4.5 million.

And milling and overlay of a .5 tenths of mile stretch of U.S. 59 from the junction with K-4 to the Jefferson/Atchison County line in the amount of $305,000.

The bid letting took place January 19 in Topeka.

Construction start dates haven't been announced yet.