TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in the area. The letting took place Sept. 18 in Topeka.

In Reno County, workers will be doing some pavement marking on K-61 for 8.6 miles. RoadSafe Traffic Systems of El Dorado won the bid for $183,135.82.

In Kingman County, a bridge replacement over South Fork of the Ninnescah River on Southeast 80th Avenue near Murdock will be done by King Construction Company and subsidiaries for a cost of $991,506.50.

Also in Kingman County, concrete pavement, milling and overlay will be done from the K-14/K-42 junction, north 12.1 miles. The work will be done by Cornejo & Sons of Wichita for $2,245,359.63.

In Stafford County, workers will do a surface recycle on U.S. 281 from the U.S. 281/K-19 junction, north to the Stafford/Barton county line. Venture Corporation of Great Bend won that contract for $1,107,980.47.