(KAIR)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a bid for an Atchison County bridge project.

According to a release from KDOT, Pfefferkorn and Drury Construction, of Olathe, was awarded the contract for the replacement of a bridge on K-116 Highway over Spring Creek Drainage, located 3 ½ miles east of the junction with U.S. 159.

A construction start date wasn't immediately available.

The letting took place on January 20 in Topeka.