(KNZA)--Jackson and Pottawatomie Counties are among seventeen Kansas counties awarded a total of nearly $8.2 million by the Kansas Department of Transportation for bridge replacement projects.

Jackson County will receive nearly $250,000 in federal funding for the replacement of a bridge about 3 ½ miles northwest of Delia spanning Sullivan Creek.  The total project cost is estimated at nearly $312,000.

Pottawatomie County will receive just over $507,000 in federal funding for the replacement of a bridge 3 miles north of Duluth on Parallel Road spanning a tributary of Mud Creek.  The total project cost is estimated at just over $634,000.

KDOT received 83 applications requesting $33.2 million in funding under the Federal-Aid Off-System Bridge Program for federal fiscal year 2019, which will begin on Oct. 1, 2018.
 
Under the program, recipients can receive up to $1 million and must provide matching funds in the amount of 20 percent.