KDOT Contract Lettings - Updated Monthly since April 2015.

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Approved Bids announced 04/21/20
Approved Bids announced 5/20/20

March, 2020

NOTE: This is the regular letting for March

Federal-Aid:

35-46 KA 5126-02: Guardrail improvements along I-35 between Santa Fe and 95th Street.
RF Beachner Contractors LLC, Pittsburg, Kan., $175,707.68.

46 N 0661-01: Heavy maintenance on Roe Boulevard from Johnson Drive to the Johnson/Wyandotte County line.
Miles Excavating, Inc., Basehor, Kan., $6,825,460.79.

58 TE 0476-01: Improvements to the crosswalk on 7th and Broadway in Marysville.
Bryant & Bryant Construction Inc., Halstead, Kan., $218,967.00.

18-81 KA 3080-01: Replacement of the bridges on Fort Riley Boulevard Over Wildcat Creek and reconstruction of the intersection with Richards Drive/Rosencutter Road. Includes a new signal at Richards/Rosencutter Road (protected-only left turns)
Ebert Construction Co. Inc. & Subsidiary, Wamego, Kan., $8,912,567.06.

177-64 KA-5540-01: Repair of the Elm Creek bridge on the south side of Council Grove.
PCI Roads, LLC, Saint Michael, Minn., $388,001.50.

183-26 KA 5232-01: Reconstruction of Vine Street (US 183) from 32nd Street to 41st Street in Hays with multiple roundabouts. Dogbone roundabout at the 32nd Street/33rd Street junction. Michigan Left situation for I-70 west to southbound Vine and from Northbound Vine to westbound I-70.
Smoky Hill LLC, Salina, Kan., $11,915,287.36.

32 C 4929-01: Major collector signage upgrade in Gove County
Martin Outdoor Enterprises Inc., Pittsburg, Kan., $107,290.81.

102-11 KA-5461-01: 1-inch mile and 1-inch overlay along the entire route of K-102.
Heckert Construction Company Inc., Pittsburg, Kan., $310,146.70.

19 TE 0478-01: Memorial Drive trail along Memorial Drive from McNally Drive to Walnut Street in Pittsburg.
Martin, $145,503.75.

35-30 KA-5538-01: Bridge repair on the I-35 bridges over 15th Street/Marshall Road in Ottawa
PCI Roads, LLC, Saint Michael, Minn., $415,699.35.

39-67 KA-5459-01/39-103 KA-5460-01: Combined: 3/4-inch mill and 5/8-inch Ultrathin Bonded Asphalt Surface from US 400 to US 169 in Wilson and Neosho counties
Bettis Asphalt & Construction Inc., Topeka, Kan., $2,513,460.46‬

Federal-Aid, Local projects:
60 C 4927-02: Bridge replacement in southeastern Meade County near Butler Cemetery.
Reece Construction Company, Inc., Salina, Kan., $509,255.08.

Non-FA:
40B-31 KA-5481-01: 3-inch overlay from the East City limits of Junction City to the East Junction with I-70.
Shilling Construction Co. Inc., Manhattan, Kan., $1,214,451.70

18-106 KA-5478-01: 1 1/2-inch mill, 1 1/2-inch Overlay from I-70 to 12th Street in Ogden.
Shilling, $1,418,259.29.

27-12 KA-5617-01: Chip seal on K-27 from US 36 north to the Kansas/Nebraska state line.
Vance Brothers Inc. And Subsidiary, Kansas City, Mo., $603,333.10.

23-90 KA-5578-01: Chip seal on K-23 from US 24 to US 83.
Heft and Sons LLC, Greensburg, Kan., $620,810.00.

54-37 KA 4764-01: Heavy maintenance on River Street (US 54) in Eureka
APAC-Kansas Inc. Shears Division, Hutchinson, Kan., $2,249,779.40.

I noticed that one project, the reconstruction of Fort Riley Boulevard in Manhattan, was moved from the March 10 re-letting to this letting.

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The Bids for February were finally awarded.

The Bids for March are still scheduled to be reviewed tomorrow as scheduled, however, the meeting will be in the form of a conference call due to COVID-19.

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Approved Bids announced 5/20/2020
Approved Bids announced 6/15/2020

April, 2020

The Kansas Department of Transportation April 22, 2020 Letting WILL remain as scheduled with possible procedural changes to accommodate public building restrictions due to the COVID-19 emergency. We will be in contact and keep you updated as details become available. Thanks.

Most likely, this means that the bids will be opened on a conference call like was done in March. KDOT did indeed go for the conference call again for the April lettings.

Federal-Aid: (unless otherwise noted)

10-23 KA-5484-01: Ultrathin bonded asphalt surfacing from the 23rd Street interchange to the Douglas/Johnson County Line.
Hamm Inc., Perry, Kan., $1,179,588.55.

10-23 KA-5485-01: 2-inch Mill and 2-inch HMA overlay on the west leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway
10-23 KA 3634-08: Intersection re-configuration at 27th Street/Wakarusa Avenue.
Hamm, $4,375,590.38.

40-23 KA-5542-01: 1.5-inch Mill and 1.5-inch HMA overlay from Big Springs to K-10/South Lawrence Trafficway.
Hamm, $1,737,499.00.

56-23 KA-5543-01: 1/2-inch mill and 1.5-inch HMA overlay from the Osage/Douglas County line to US 59.
Hamm, $1,355,010.14.

435-46 KA-5500-01: 3.0 HMA overlay on I-435 from K-10 to Midland Drive.
Superior Bowen Asphalt Company LLC, Kansas City, Mo., $8,943,794.90.

635-46 KA-5501-01/635-105 KA-5502-01: Asphalt patching of PCCP surface, full-depth patching, and 3-inch HMA overlay from Foster Street on Metcalf Avenue to the south end of the Argentine Yard bridge on I-635, and from 750 feet north of 43rd Street to the north junction with K-5.
635-105 KA-5253-01: 1.5-inch mill and 1.5-inch concrete overlay on the I-635 bridge over 43rd Street.
635-105 KA-5490-01: Rehabilitation of the I-635 bridges over Argentine Yard and K-32.
Superior Bowen, $12,519,567.37.

56-70 KA-5544-01: Mill and HMA overlay from the Lyon/Osage County to the south junction with K-31
31-70 KA-5637-01: Mill and HMA overlay from the east city limits of Osage City to Indian Hills Road. [Non-FA]
Hamm, $892,718.60.

4-89 KA-5483-01: PCCP Patching and 3-inch HMA overlay on the 4-lane segment of the Oakland Expressway on the east side of Topeka.
Bettis Asphalt and Construction, Inc., $1,799,145.08

24-89 KA-5486-01: Chip seal from the Pottawatomie/Shawnee County line east to Silver Lake.
Vance Brothers Inc And Subsidiary, Kansas City, Mo., $356,995.42.

4-99 KA 3357-01: Culvert replacement and reconstruction of the approaches 2 miles southwest of the west junction with K-99.
Amino Brothers Company Inc., Kansas City, Kan., $1,423,231.56.

70-105 KA-5504-01: PCCP pavement patching and grinding on Westbound I-70 and on I-670 from the I-70/I-670 junction to the Mill Street Bridge.
Emery Sapp & Sons Inc And Subsidiaries, Columbia, Mo., $1,134,528.01.

435-105 KA-5511-01: Full-depth concrete patching, followed by a 2-inch mill and 2-inch HMA overlay on I-435 from the north end of the Kansas River bridge to MP 16.
Koss Construction Co., Topeka, Kan., $8,427,028.50.

57 TE 0456-01: Construction of a rail-trail path on the former Santa Fe ROW from Main Street in Hillsboro to Industrial Road east of Hillsboro, and a trail on the west side of Industrial Road from the ex-ATSF to the Hillsboro Community Hospital parking lot.
Andale Construction Inc., Wichita, Kan., $379,271.25.

135-59 KA-5127-02: Replace all of the ends of the guardrails on the bridges along I-135 from K-61 north to the McPherson/Saline County Line.
Fulsom Brothers, Inc., Cedar Vale, Kan., $163,514.00.

70-85 KA-5506-01: 1.75-inch milling and 1.5-inch HMA overlay on I-70 from the Lincoln/Saline county line to ~ MP 243
APAC-Kansas Inc. Shears Division., Hutchinson, Kan., $2,521,558.00.

70-26 KA-5507-01/70-98 KA-5508-01: 2.5-inch Mill, 2-inch inlay, and 1.5-inch overlay from .284 miles west of the Trego/Ellis County Line to the US 183 interchange (Exit 159) in Hays.
Venture Corporation, Great Bend, Kan., $9,289,204.98

70-97 KA-5509-01: 2.5-inch Mill, 2-inch inlay, and 1.5-inch overlay from US 24 (Exit 45) to K-25 (Exit 53)
Venture, $4,240,011.00.

69-6 KA-5482-01: 1.5-inch Milling and 1.5-inch HMA overlay from the south end of the current 4-lane segment near Grand Road south of Fort Scott to Wall Street (US 54) in Fort Scott
Bettis, $2,859,014.71.

69-11 KA-5462-01: 2-inch Surface recycle and 5/8-inch UBAS from the US 69/US 160/K-7 junction in Columbus to the US 69/US 160/US 400/US 69A junction north of Crestline.
Bettis,  $1,307,898.25.

400-11 KA-5463-01: 1/2-inch Mill and 1.5-inch HMA overlay from the K-7 to US 69.
Bettis, $1,125,836.45.

400-50 KA-5464-01: 1.5-inch mill and 1.5-inch HMA overlay from the east end of the Parsons bypass to K-126.
Heckert Construction Company Inc., Pittsburg, Kan., $544,280.49.

54-8 KA-5092-02: Reconstruct guardrails on bridges on US 54 between the US 400 junction east of Augusta and El Dorado.
Collins & Hermann Inc., Saint Louis, Mo., $466,666.66

183-83 KA-5012-02: Re-grading, reconstructing guardrails, and seeding on two bridges: one on the South end of La Crosse, another on the south side of Liebenthal.
L & M Contractors Inc., Great Bend, Kan., $178,953.00.

235-87 KA-5274-01: Bridge repair on the bridges over the Union Pacific near the MacArthur interchange.
Wildcat Construction Co. Inc. & Subsidiaries, Wichita, Kan., $633,961.40.

235-87 KA-5510-01: Milling, HMA overlay and bridge patching from the BNSF bridge near the north junction with I-135/K-254 to the K-254 bridge over Hydralic, including the ramp from EB I-235 to SB I-135, EB I-235 to NB I-135, and WB I-235 to SB I-135.
Cornejo & Sons LLC, Wichita, Kan., $1,812,841.60

81-96 KA 3108-01: Replace a culvert just north of the intersection with E 120th Avenue and reconstruct the 120th Avenue intersection. Shoo-fly detour with 120th Avenue closed at US 81.
Pearson Construction LLC, Wichita, Kan., $1,061,618.49.

Non-FA:
14-78 KA-5546-01: Pavement patching along the Hutchinson bypass on the west side of Hutchinson.
Bryant & Bryant Construction Inc., Halstead, Kan., $459,840.45.

96-106 KA-5545-01: Pavement patching and bridge approaches from K-14 to Maize.
Iowa Civil Contracting Inc., Victor, Ia., $1,100,684.80.

160-13 KA-5607-01: Ditch reconstruction on the west side of the US 160/US 183/K-34 junction.
Esfeld Construction Inc., Great Bend, Kan., $115,091.70.

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Many of the approved bids for March were not announced until April 21.

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Approved Bids Announced 6/15/2020
Approved Bids Announced 7/16/2020

May, 2020

Federal-Aid:

23 TE 0472-01: New sidewalk path along Elm Street from Baldwin Intermidiate School to 8th Street in Baldwin City.
Amino Brothers Company Inc., Kansas City, Kan., $447,169.54.

46 N 0700-01: Safe Routes to School: Re-striping Lamar Avenue from Shawnee Mission Parkway to Foxridge Drive.
Streetwise Inc., Grandview, Mo., $139,983.10.

50-56 KA 2364-01: Widen from 2 lanes to 4 lanes undivided from E5 Road to the beginning of the existing 4-lane on the West Side of Emporia.
Koss Construction Co., Topeka, Kan., $7,765,798.61.

45 C 4934-01: Major collector signage upgrade in Jewell County south of US 36 and west of K-14.
Mission Construction Co. Inc., St. Paul, Kan., $119,367.64.

70-32 KA 0726-02: Roadway lighting at Exit 95 (K-23 Spur, Grainfield) and Exit 99 (K-211)
Atlas Electric, LLC, Wichita, Kan., $233,090.00

35-30 KA-5559-01: 1.0" Concrete inlay and 3.0" HMA overlay from MP 179 to MP 191
Bettis Asphalt & Construction Inc., Topeka, Kan., $12,382,367.65.

135-40 KA-5558-01: Bridge approach work on bridges on I-135 from the Sedgwick/Harvey county line to K-196, as well as the 1st Street and Broadway bridges in Newton.
Wildcat Construction Co. Inc. & Subsidiaries, Wichita, Kan., $3,764,832.51.

156-28 KA 4765-01: Reconstruction of a short section of Kansas Avenue between 3rd Street and Belmont Place in Garden City.

50-29 KA 5150-01: Widening of the US 50/Gary Avenue intersection in Dodge City.
APAC-Kansas Inc. Shears Division, Hutchinson, Kan., $733,685.25

27-36 KA 4769-01: Reconstruction of Broadway between Harper Street and Taylor Street in Tribune.
Vogts Parga Construction LLC, Newton, Kan., $1,326,326.32.

83-88 KA-5535-01: Bridge repair of the bridge over the UP Pratt Subdivision, Liberal Yard, and 8th Street in Liberal.
PCI Roads, LLC, Saint Michael, Minn., $450,282.51.

Federal-Aid, Local Projects:

87 C 4950-01: Replacement of the Hydraulic Avenue bridge over Cowskin Creek in southern Sedgwick County.
King Construction Company Inc. & Subsidiaries, Hesston, Kan., $1,311,124.74.

Non-FA:

156-27 KA-5658-01: Crack sealing from Ellsworth to I-70.
Mission Construction, $98,819.40.

14-45 KA-5631-01: Crack Sealing from the East Junction with US 36 to the Kansas/Nebraska state line.
Mission Construction, $60,960.84

36-79 KA-5636-01: Crack sealing from the Jewell/Republic County line to US 81.
Mission Construction, $64,725.00.

70-85 KA-5664-01: 2-inch mill and 1.5-inch overlay from ~ MP 233 to the concrete pavement just west of I-135.
APAC-Kansas, $2,469,394.34.

106 KA-5638-01: Crack sealing along the entire length of K-128 (excluding the concurrency with US 36), along with the K-228 spur.
Pavement Pro's LLC, McPherson, Kan., $230,980.00.

28-106 KA-5642-01: Crack sealing along the entire length of K-28.
Pavement Pro's, $148,385.00.

106 KA-5653-01: Crack sealing on US 77 from the Morris/Geary county line to I-70, along with the entire lengths of K-157 and K-209.
American Pavement Solution, Inc., Green Bay, Wis., $71,122.18.

81-106 KA-5659-01 Rumble Strip installation from the Ottawa/Cloud county line to the South city limits of Concordia, and from 5 miles north of Belleville to the Kansas/Nebraska line.
Surface Preparation Technologies LLC, New Kingstown, Pa., $63,959.00

83-20 KA-5662-01: 2-inch mill and 2-inch overlay from J Lane to the south city limits of Oberlin.
36-20 KA-5663-01: 1.5-inch HMA overlay from the Rawlins/Decatur county line to US 83 in Oberlin.
Venture Corporation, Great Bend, Kan., $2,824,322.65.

106 KA-5669-01: RAP sample milling in various places in KDOT district 3.
Venture, $18,640.00.

96-5 KA-5646-01: Scrub chip seal from the Rush/Barton County line to Great Bend.
Heft and Sons LLC, Greensburg, Kan., $699,875.50.

18 KA-5633-01: Crack sealing on K-15 from Udall to US 77, and on US 77 from K-15 to the Cowley/Butler county line.
Mission Construction, $147,196.24.

73 KA-5650-01: Crack sealing on US 56 from Larned to the Pawnee/Barton County line, and on US 183 from US 56 to K-156.
Mission Construction, $229,205.00

96-83 KA-5649-01: Crack Sealing from the Ness/Rush County line to Rush Center.
Mission Construction, $112,036.05

50-93 KA-5645-01: Crack Sealing from US 281 to the Stafford/Reno county line.
Mission Construction, $98,400.25.

160-106 KA-5665-01: Scrub chip seal from the Harper/Summner county line to Wellington, from the Sumner/Cowley county line to Winfield, and from Winfield to K-15.
Vance Brothers Inc. and Subsidiary, Kansas City, Mo., $1,886,558.27

[Sani]

Any word on start dates for the HMA mill and overlay projects on 435 from Midland Drive to K-10 and K-10 from 435 to the west? If my office ever reopens, it would make my commute a lot smoother.

[mvak36]

Any word on start dates for the HMA mill and overlay projects on 435 from Midland Drive to K-10 and K-10 from 435 to the west? If my office ever reopens, it would make my commute a lot smoother.

It looks like it was in the April letting, but hasn't been awarded yet. It did receive two bids.

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The approved bids for April and the remaining March bids were announced on May 20.

Approved Bids Announced 7/16/20
Approved Bids Announced 7/29/20

June, 2020

Federal-Aid:

23 TE 0480-01: Bluejacket Trail, Phase 2: A new sidewalk path along the east side of Winchester Street from Hawthorn Street to West Elementary School in Eudora.
Freeman Concrete Construction LLC, Shawnee, Kan., $320,506.20

36-58 KA-5008-02: Guardrail repair between US 75 and K-87.
J & J Contractors Inc., Iola, Kan., $679,016.88

106 KA 4744-02: Signage upgrade along the following roadways, mainly in Shawnee County: K-4 from the Wabaunsee/Shawnee county line to I-70; the entire length of K-30 (in Wabaunsee County); US 24 from the Wabaunsee/Shawnee county line to US 75; US 75 from the Osage/Shawnee county line to I-470; US 75 from I-70 to 63rd Street; and the Topeka Blvd/I-470 ramp.
Fulsom Brothers, Inc., Cedar Vale, Kan., $969,508.71.

70-89 KA-5526-01: Repair of the Croco Road bridge over I-70.
470-89 KA-5530-01: Repair of the I-470 bridges over Huntoon Street
70-99 KA-5534-01: Repair of the eastbound I-70 bridge over Mill Creek and the Snokomo Road bridges over I-70, both near Paxico.
Bettis Asphalt & Construction Inc., Topeka, Kan., $1,020,955.97.

70-31 KA-5527-01: Repair of the Westbound I-70 bridge over the Smoky Hill River.
Bettis, $781,610.84.

56-57 KA 4766-01: New Turn lanes at Industrial Road in Hillsboro.
Andale Construction Inc., Wichita, Kan., $538,783.73.

135-59 KA 5277-01: Removal of the Shawnee Road Bridge over I-135 and addition of cul-de-sacs at the stub-ends. "No Outlet" Signs on Shawnee Road at 16th Avenue, and on 17th Avenue at Rainbow Road.
Bob Bergkamp Construction Co. Inc., Wichita, Kan., $423,713.15.

56-64 KA-5647-01: Overlay on the US 56 over Big John Creek east of Council Grove.
Bettis, $165,117.40.

135-85 KA-5626-01: Repair of the Schilling Road Bridge over I-135 in Salina.
Reece Construction Company, Inc., Salina, Kan., $154,690.50.

20 C 4954-01: Replacement of the 2600 Road bridge over Sappa Creek.
King Construction Company Inc & Subsidiaries, Hesston, Kan., $424,206.40.

281-71 KA 5146-01: Reconstruction of 1st Street between Conneticut Street and Massachusetts Street in Osborne.
Bryant & Bryant Construction Inc., Halstead, Kan., $539,062.40.

70-106 KA 4746-03: Signage replacment on I-70 in KDOT district 3 - from the Colorado state line to the Russell/Ellsworth county line not previously covered by previous signage projects.
Fulsom Brothers, $3,090,579.75

70-91 KA-5675-01, Patching, milling, and overlay on Eastbound I-70 from MP 19-MP 24 near Goodland.
McCormick Excavation & Paving LLC, Stratton, Colo., $301,587.00.

70-98 KA 5121-02: Guardrail updates from the Gove/Trego county line to Exit 127
J & J Contractors, $320,933.98.

69-6 KA-5604-01: Concrete patching and HMA overlay between Calvary Road and the beginning of the 4-lane segment south of Fort Scott.
Bettis, $3,534,193.72.

69-54 KA-5532-01: Repair of the southbound US 69 bridge over the Marais des Cynges River near Trading Post.
PCI Roads, LLC, Saint Michael, Minn., $181,309.19

169-61 KA-5533-01: Repair of the northbound US 169 bridge over Pottawatomie Creek on the south side of Osawatomie.
PCI Roads, LLC,  $205,442.50.

35-70 KA-5531-01: Repair of a culvert over Willow Creek on I-35 south of Melvern
Pfefferkorn & Drury Construction LLC, Olathe, Kan., $198,264.20

18 KA-5671-01: Pavement Marking in various location in the Arkansas City and Winfield vicinity.
96 KA-5672-01: Pavement Marking on K-44 and K-53 in Sumner County.
Roadsafe Traffic Systems Inc., El Dorado, Kan., $449,789.60

83 C 4932-01: Major collector  pavement marking in Rush County, along with the addition of "No Passing Zone" signs.

135-87 KA 5128-02: Guardrail upgrades on I-135 from the Turnpike to Pawnee in Wichita.
135-87 KA 5129-02: Guardrail upgrades on I-135 from Pawnee to the south end of the Canal Route in Wichita.
135-87 KA 5130-02Guardrail upgrades on I-135 from the north end of the Canal Route to 37th Street in Wichita.
J & J Contractors, $1,564,851.87.

96-87 KA-5606-01: Pavement patching and 3-inch HMA overlay from I-135 to Webb in Wichita.
Cornejo & Sons LLC, Wichita, Kan., $6,693,137.46.

15-87 KA-5615-01: Guardrail upgrades on Southeast Boulevard from the Turnpike to I-135.
15-96 KA-5614-01: Guardrail upgrades on K-15 in Sumner County.
J & J Contractors, $970,976.74.

50-35 KA 4762-01: Reconstruction of US 50 from Maple to Cedar Streets in Cimarron
Bryant & Bryant, $669,939.50

Federal-Aid (Local Projects):

75 C 4938-01: Reconstruction of Dyer Road, including re-configuring the access to the main parking lot of the Little Grill and a crosswalk for the overflow parking lot southeast of the Tuttle Creek Dam.
NOT AWARDED re-let in September 2020.

32 C 4956-01: Bridge replacement over Indian Creek located 8.3 miles south and 5.3 miles east of Gove in rural Gove County.
King, $400,434.80.

Non-FA:

32 KA-5550-01: Mill and overlay on K-23 from the Lane/Gove county linbe to Gove, as well as K-211 and K-216.
Venture Corporation, Great Bend, Kan., $3,555,725.71.

25-77 KA-5673-01: Mill and overlay from the south city limits of Atwood to US 36.
McCormick, $207,863.86.

36-77 KA-5674-01: Mill and overlay on U.S. 36 at the east end of Atwood.
McCormick, $93,173.00.

87 KA 5174-01: WichWAY Phase V deployment.
Phillips Southern Electric Company Inc., Wichita, Kan., $1,394,500.00.

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96-87 KA-5606-01: Pavement patching and 3-inch HMA overlay from I-135 to Webb in Wichita.

Thank God!  The potholes are unavoidable.

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May, 2020

Just curious, were these lettings added to the May 2020 letting or are they part of the June letting?

[Sani]

Any word on start dates for the HMA mill and overlay projects on 435 from Midland Drive to K-10 and K-10 from 435 to the west? If my office ever reopens, it would make my commute a lot smoother.

It looks like it was in the April letting, but hasn't been awarded yet. It did receive two bids.

I asked KDOT on Twitter, and they confirmed the 435 project will begin the second week of June. They didn't say anything about the K-10 project, though.

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Just curious, were these lettings added to the May 2020 letting or are they part of the June letting?

That is the June letting. Post is fixed.

R.P.K, AKA Dumb Derrick

[mvak36]

Just curious, were these lettings added to the May 2020 letting or are they part of the June letting?

That is the June letting. Post is fixed.

No worries. I've made the same mistake before.

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Approved bids for May along with two lettings left over from April, were announced on June 15.

Today was when the letting day of the June letting, which means that the July projects should be posted in the next couple of days.

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Approved Bids announced 7/29/20

July, 2020:

Federal-Aid:

435-46 KA-5632-01: Mill, HMA overlay, and PCCP patching from Shawnee Mission Parkway to the Johnson/Wyandotte County Line.
Superior Bowen Asphalt Company LLC, Kansas City, MO., $853,202.59

81 U 2361-01: Reconstruction of a culvert over Dry Branch on 12th Street in Ogden.
Ebert Construction Co Inc & Subsidiary, Wamego, Kan., $214,319.34.

70-21 KA 3954-01: Replacement of the I-70 bridges over Chapman Creek just east of the Chapman (Rain Road) interchange.
One bridge at a time to be replaced, with traffic moving head-to-head on the other bridge.
Phase 1: Westbound bridge replaced. The westbound I-70 off-ramp to Rain Road is closed. Traffic to Rain Road instructed to continue west, turn around at K-43, and use the eastbound on-ramp.
Phase 2: Eastbound bridge replaced. The on-ramp from Rain Road to Eastbound I-70 is closed, with traffic from Rain Road detoured onto westbound I-70 to turn around at K-43.
Reece Construction Company, Inc., Salina, Kan., $5,735,790.83.

4-59 KA-5648-01: Bridge Deck mill and overlay near Lindsborg

84 C 4933-01: Major Collector signage upgrade on the major collector roads south of I-70.
Martin Outdoor Enterprises Inc., Pittsburg, Kan., $164,820.70.

59-50 KA 5154-01: Reconstruction of 16th Street near the Labette Hospital on the south end of Parsons.
Mission Construction Co. Inc., St. Paul, Kan., $1,346,559.50.

8 N 0685-01: New sidewalk on the east side of Andover Road from Kellogg to Central in Andover.
Pearson Construction LLC, Wichita, Kan., $850,924.40.

106 KA 4748-03: Signage upgrade on US 50 in Reno County and K-61 from K-11 to the Reno/McPherson County Line.


Federal-Aid, Local Project:
3 C 4959-01: Replacement of this bridge on Graham Road southeast of Effingham.
King Construction Company Inc. & Subsidiaries, Hesston, Kan., $361,960.07.

Non-Federal Aid:
106 KA 5620-01: Sidewalk Ramp upgrades in various locations in north central and northeast Kansas.
Bryant & Bryant Construction Inc., Halstead, Kan., $356,871.00.

106 KA-5778-01: RAP sample milling at various locations in KDOT District 2.
Dustrol Inc., Towanda, Kan., $18,310.00

24-71 KA-5539-01: Grade improvements about 1 1/2 miles north of Osborne.
Esfeld Construction Inc., Great Bend, Kan., $239,740.50.

106 KA-5773-01: RAP sample milling at various locations in KDOT District 4.
APAC-Kansas Inc. Shears Division, Hutchinson, Kan., $23,083.05.

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Approved Bids announced 09/14/20
Approved Bid announced 10/7/20

August, 2020

The KDOT August lettings consist primarily of maintenance projects, including three state highway signage projects and a major collector signage project. The main replacement/widening project is on K-33 in Wellsville.

Federal-Aid:

106 KA 4744-01: Signage update on Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 to State Line, Metcalf from Shawnee Mission Parkway to I-635, and Rainbow Blvd/7th Street Trafficway from Shawnee Mission Parkway to Southwest Boulevard. Fulsom Brothers, Inc., Cedar Vale, Kan., $298,035.46.

169-105 KA-5613-01: Repair of the 7th Street Trafficway bridge over the Kansas River. The bridge will be closed during repair, detour via I-35, 18th Street Expressway, and I-70. Clarkson Construction Company, Kansas City, Mo., $3,200,088.11.

33-30 KA 3951-01: Replacement of K-33 bridge over BNSF Emporia sub and addition of turn lanes for 7th and 8th Streets in Wellsville. Pyramid Contractors Inc., and Pyramid Properties Inc., Olathe, Kan., $4,750,477.53.

400-103 KA-5048-02: Guardrail updates along US 400 between the Greenwood/Wilson County line and Fredonia. Bettis Asphalt & Construction Inc., Topeka, Kan., $323,780.56.

54-8 KA-5605-01: 1-inch Reflective Crack Interlayer and 3-inch Asphalt overlay on the 4-lane section of US 54/77/400 between Augusta and the East Junction with US 400. [EDIT: see note from kphoger below] APAC-Kansas Inc. Shears Division, Hutchinson, Kan., $10,759,743.45.

83 C 4932-01: Major collector pavement marking and installation of "No Passing Zone"  signs in Rush County. Roadsafe Traffic Systems Inc., El Dorado, Kan., $170,031.13.

42 C 4964-01: Major Collector signage updates in northern Hodgeman County Mission Construction Co. Inc., St. Paul, Kan., $48,974.16.

4-68 KA 4049-01: Reconstruction of Davis Avenue in Brownell and associated water line updates. Detour via US 183, K-96, and US 283. Morgan Brothers Construction, Inc., Lacrosse, Kan., $1,255,131.01.

106 KA 4749-01: Signage updates on US 160 in Clark County, US 283 from the Oklahoma state line to US 160, and K-34 from US 160 north 8 miles. Signs Up LTD DBA Haren's Trees And Critters, Webster City, Iowa, $216,938.17.

106 KA 4749-02: Signage update on K-4, K-96, K-147, and US 283 in Ness County. Martin Outdoor Enterprises Inc., Pittsburg, Kan., $448,850.90.

Non-FA:

92-52 KA-5619-01: Repairs to the Centennial Bridge in Leavenworth. Clarkson, $414,911.04.

106 KA-5738-01: RAP Sample milling at various locations in KDOT District 1. Bettis, $27,515.00.

106 KA-5698-01: RAP Sample milling at various locations in KDOT District 6. Dustrol Inc., Towanda, Kan., $24,845.66.

[Ned Weasel]

106 KA 4744-01: Signage update on Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 to State Line, Metcalf from Shawnee Mission Parkway to I-635, and Rainbow Blvd/7th Street Trafficway from Shawnee Mission Parkway to Southwest Boulevard.

Those signs really do leave much to be desired.  Especially since part of US 56/Shawnee Mission Parkway east of I-35 is expressway-grade, and US 69/Metcalf Avenue north of US 56 is an expressway.

I'd love to see overhead signage for the US 56/69/169 cloverleaf, but something tells me KDOT isn't likely to go that far, especially since they've let the southbound US 69 freeway lane drop at 135th Street go without overhead signs for all these decades (sorry for beating a dead horse, but it's so close to home that it constantly annoys me, and I've seen my share of incidents and close calls at that location).

[kphoger]

(I'm not sure what RCI stands for — Reinforced concrete inlay?)

Reflective Crack Interlayer (Mix)

Here is an informative article about it.

[route56]

June and July lettings have been updated with awarded bids.

[Sani]

I'd love to see overhead signage for the US 56/69/169 cloverleaf, but something tells me KDOT isn't likely to go that far, especially since they've let the southbound US 69 freeway lane drop at 135th Street go without overhead signs for all these decades (sorry for beating a dead horse, but it's so close to home that it constantly annoys me, and I've seen my share of incidents and close calls at that location).

Not to go too much farther off-topic, but it bugs me that in MoDOT's rebuild/expansion of 435 from State Line to the Triangle, they didn't use EXIT ONLY on the overhead signs for the auxiliary lanes between exits. They also should have replaced a couple of old signs over the westbound lanes approaching State Line that are delaminating. One is an advanced sign for "State Line Road / 103rd St" has a centered exit tab.

I will be curious to see what KDOT installs on Shawnee Mission Parkway at Metcalf. I doubt they'll install overheads for fear of making it seem like more of a high-speed freeway than it is, but the small, all-caps signs they have now may as well not be there at all. Are there engineering documents for that project that show what they'll install?

[Sani]

February, 2020

Approved Bids announced 3/23/2020

Federal-Aid - State Highway Projects:

10-46 KA-5466-01: 2-inch mill and 2-inch overlay on K-10 between K-7 and the beginning of the Portland Cement pavement near I-435. Bettis Asphalt & Construction Inc., Topeka, Kan., $2,245,244.55.

Wonder when they'll announce a start date on this. Maybe they don't want K-7, K-10, and I-435 all under construction at the same time?

[J N Winkler]

Are there engineering documents for that project that show what they'll install?

Yes.  The plans for currently advertised projects are available through the project proposal page.

[Ned Weasel]

Are there engineering documents for that project that show what they'll install?

Yes.  The plans for currently advertised projects are available through the project proposal page.

Can someone explain what the hell I'm looking at, because to me, it looks like they're making the signs worse in some ways, and failing to improve them in other ways: https://kdotapp.ksdot.org/burconsmain/contracts/Proposals/Plans/520082121p.pdf

(1) No advance turn-off sign for following NB US 69 from EB US 56 to NB Metcalf Avenue.
(2) No advance turn-off sign for following SB US 69 from SB Metcalf Avenue to WB US 56.
(3) No signs for US 69 in advance of the cloverleaf on WB US 56.
(4) Still no sign on SB US 169 approaching US 56 telling you which way to turn to follow SB US 169.
(5) Still no advance guide sign for the Roe Avenue/Johnson Drive exit from WB US 56.  The new sign still looks like "too little, too late."  Oh, but it will be mixed-case now!  Whoopee!!

The only significant improvement I can see is that they're finally adding an advance turn-off sign for following NB US 169 from EB US 56 to NB Rainbow Boulevard and placing the point-of-turn sign in advance of the intersection instead of on the signal pole.

Changing the sign for the second exit on SB US 69/Metcalf Avenue to read "Metcalf Lane" instead of "Johnson Drive" is a minor improvement.

But if I wasn't clear earlier, overall, I'm very unimpressed.  KDOT is way overrated when it comes to signage (seriously, how did they manage to screw up something this simple twice: https://goo.gl/maps/3iqheHBFPA4gEuZK7).  Still wishing NJDOT would take over and put overhead signs on the arterial highways, since it's one of the few DOTs that's good at that.  Unfortunately, all we get of NJDOT is this little goof (and a few others like it): https://goo.gl/maps/zinsqgRWxzqxYhrP9

[J N Winkler]

But if I wasn't clear earlier, overall, I'm very unimpressed.  KDOT is way overrated when it comes to signage (seriously, how did they manage to screw up something this simple twice: https://goo.gl/maps/3iqheHBFPA4gEuZK7).

Some of the cleanest signing I have seen from any state DOT has come from an agency in the Midwest where the same person had overall responsibility for guide signs on freeways and expressways for 30 years.  He asked his subordinates to have prints of proposed work available for inspection on a Friday so that he could take them home, spread them out on a worktable in his basement, go over them with a fine-tooth comb, and return them with detailed comments the following Monday.

KDOT, on the other hand, has a fair amount of turnover in the state signing engineer position.  The person who held it in 2007 is not the same person who held it in 2013, and the latter now works for an engineering firm in the Topeka area.  I think it has been probably decades since an engineer could make a career out of, or develop a sense of professional pride in, being KDOT's point person for guide signing on high-capacity roads.

Back when we still had access to the KDOT FTP server, I would occasionally see signing plans that had been marked up for review.  Some of the suggested changes seemed to me reflective of a mindset that does not eat and drink good signing.  For example, a consultant working on a project in Independence proposed a conventional-road guide sign with the destination in Series E Modified mixed-case, and the KDOT reviewer (presumably the state signing engineer) insisted that this be changed to Series C mixed-case, thus making the sign less legible.

In the fall of 2013, KDOT advertised a freeway guide signing update for the KCK/Shawnee Mission area.  I identified a number of out-and-out errors ("Metropolitan" spelled as "Metrpolitan" on an interchange sequence sign on one sheet, references to "Donohoo" instead of "Donahoo" and "Wyandotte Co Park Lake" instead of "Wyandotte Co Lake Park" on another sheet).  I sent an email to the then state signing engineer, pointing out the errors.  I also described some other changes I thought would be advantageous, such as using a white ruled line to separate green and brown on signs that combined general destination and tourist information.  I never received a reply or acknowledgment.  It is only in the last half-hour that I have gone to the KDOT records vault and seen that the two sheets with errors were in fact fixed, the replacement sheets being dated twenty days after I sent the email.  None of the other changes I suggested was made.

[Scott5114]

I also sent someone at KDOT (don't remember which position) an email about the Metrpolitan/Donohoo issue and didn't receive a reply. But it was fixed, which is more than can be said for ODOT (who likewise ignores emails, then doesn't fix the issue).