BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $63 million at its Oct. 29 public bid opening, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal and DOTD Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D.

With a bid of $20,130,676.23, Austin Bridge & Road LP, Irving, Texas, was the apparent low bidder on the most expensive job let Oct. 29, a project in West Feliciana Parish calling for installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete slab span and girder span bridges, and related work to replace six bridges on La. 66 between U.S. 61 and Angola State Prison.

Other projects by parish(es), description, apparent low bidder and bid are as follows:

Assumption – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 1014 from La. 1 to 0.8 miles east of La. 1; on La. 402 from La. 403 to La. 1; and on La. 663 from La. 662 to La. 398, Huey Stockstill Inc., Picayune, Miss., $1,358,867.50.

Beauregard – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 27 from just north of Ninth Street to U.S. 190, Bessette Development Corp., Lake Charles, $503,833.42.

Caddo – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, reinforced concrete box culvert and related work to replace the McCain Creek Bridge on I-220, Eutaw Construction Co. Inc., Jackson, Miss., $12,313,551.30.

Caddo – Installing signs and related work at the entrance to Southern University Shreveport on La. 3194, Glover Enterprises Inc., Shreveport, $98,400.

Calcasieu – Lighting repairs and related work at the I-10/La. 108 and I-10/La. 27 interchanges, Jack B. Harper Contractor Inc., Mandeville, $324,789.

Catahoula – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 915 from La. 913 to 1.78 miles west of La. 913, D & J Construction Co. Inc., West Monroe, $499,802.75.

Claiborne – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 161 from La. 2 Alternate to the Arkansas state line, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $1,904,555.13.

Claiborne – Asphalt overlay, concrete box culverts and related work to replace bridges on Cypress Bottom Road and Mount Olive Road, Ben Allen Inc., West Monroe, $790,391.50.

DeSoto – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on the southbound lanes of U.S. 171 from La. 5 to Stonewall, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $1,254,369.86.

Franklin – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 858 from La. 17 to Ray Walters Road, and on La. 859 from La. 858 to La. 132, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $2,930,399.35.

Iberia – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete slab span bridge and related work to build frontage roads along U.S. 90 from La. 675 to La. 88, H & S Construction Co. Inc., Broussard, $10,695,104.99.

Jefferson Davis – Asphalt overlay and related work to improve surface friction on two areas of I-10 between La. 395 and La. 26, R.E. Heidt Construction Co. Inc., Westlake, $487,463.62.

Jefferson Davis – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 382 from 2 miles south of U.S. 90 to U.S. 90, Prairie Contractors Inc., Opelousas, $480,464.59.

Lafourche – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 654 from La. 308 to Degruise Lane, Huey Stockstill Inc., Picayune, Miss., $512,068.70.

Orleans – Landscaping and related work in the median of I-10 from Read Boulevard to I-510, Rotolo Consultants Inc., Slidell, $810,989.

Ouachita – Clearing and grubbing, installing drainage pipe, concrete sidewalks and related work along La. 143 from Ridge Avenue to Crosly Street, RMD Holdings Ltd., Chesterfield, Mich., $248,206.20.

St. Helena – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete slab span bridges and related work to replace bridges on Shiloh Baptist Church Road and Reeves Road, Guinn Brothers LLC, Jennings, $990,646.05.

St. James – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 3274 from La. 44 to U.S. 61, and on La. 3219 from La. 18 to La. 3127, Barber Bros. Contracting Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $1,020,790.20.

St. Landry – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete slab span bridge and related work to replace a drainage canal bridge on La. 363 between the Evangeline Parish line and La. 748, Guinn Brothers LLC, Jennings, $1,428,495.75.

West Carroll – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, sealing asphalt pavement and related work on La. 589 from Butler Road to La. 2, D & J Construction Co. Inc., West Monroe, $2,401,176.73.

District 62 – Cutting and removing dead, diseased and dying trees from DOTD right-of-way in Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes, Apeck Construction Inc., Anacoco, $1,998,163.78.