(KNZA)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a bid for a Brown County bridge replacement project.

According to a release from KDOT, King Construction Company, of Hesston, was awarded the bid for the replacement of a bridge on U.S. 73 Highway over Walnut Creek in the amount of $2.8 million.

The bridge is located nearly 10 miles north of the U.S. 73/U.S. 36 junction.

Bids were opened December 18 in Topeka.

A construction start date has not yet been announced.