The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. Two of those projects include Montgomery and Labette Counties.

In Montgomery County, RS 818 at the Verdigris River near 3800 Road will be graded and resurfaced. Heck & Wicker of Parsons will work on the road at a cost of nearly $1.7 million.

Labette County will see the U.S. 59 bridge over Labette Creek northwest of Oswego be replaced. A.M. Cohron & Son of Atlantic, Iowa received the contract at a cost of nearly $3.2 million.

Work is expected to begin soon.