Companies awarded county road projects

The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded bids for two projects in Douglas County.

RD Johnson Excavating Co. Inc., Lawrence, was awarded a $4.34 million bid for replacement of a bridge on East 23rd Street between Haskell and Learnard avenues. City officials have said they hope work will begin on the bridge in early April and be complete by September.

Hamm Inc. and Subsidiaries, Perry, was awarded a $938,218 bid for resurfacing Kansas Highway 10 (also known as the South Lawrence Trafficway), from the Kansas Turnpike to U.S. Highway 59.