(KNZA)--Brown County Commissioners have awarded a bid for a bridge replacement project on 170th Street, southwest of Powhattan.

Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to award the contract to B & B Bridge Company of St. Paul for $767,480. The action came on the recommendation of project engineer Brady Hedstrom with BG Consultants.

The winning bid was the lower of two submitted and came in more than $200,000 below the engineer's estimate.

Construction is expected to begin in August and is scheduled to take 120 working days.

The project is being funded through a $1.15 million grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation's Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program. Brown County provided more than $127,000 in matching funds to secure the grant.