BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $76 million at its Aug. 26 public bid opening, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal and DOTD Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D.

With a bid of $26,679,003.40, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, was the low bidder on the most expensive job let Aug. 26, a project in Terrebonne Parish calling for installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, installing a lift span bridge and related work to replace the Prospect Street Bridge.

Other projects awarded are listed below by parish(es), description, contractor and bid:

Ascension – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 429 from La. 73 to La. 44, Barber Bros. Contracting Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $1,665,441.04.

Calcasieu – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on U.S. 171 from U.S. 90 to Conoco Street, R.E. Heidt Construction Co. Inc., Westlake, $1,133,811.

Calcasieu – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on I-210 from the Calcasieu River Bridge to the I-10 interchange, Prairie Contractors Inc., Opelousas, $18,736,057.60.

East Carroll – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on U.S. 65 from Sparrow Street to La. 2, D & J Construction Co. Inc., West Monroe, $3,962,162.23.

East Feliciana – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 961 from La. 10 to 2.4 miles north of La. 10, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Franklinton, $457,962.55.

Franklin – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, installing concrete slab span bridges and related work to replace bridges on Union Church Road, Longview Road and Burke Road, Ben Allen Inc., West Monroe, $1,011,641.

Franklin, Tensas – Asphalt overlay and related work to superelevate three curves on La. 128 west of U.S. 65, Gilchrist Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $574,042.14.

Lafayette – Installing drainage pipe, building concrete sidewalks and related work along La. 182 from St. Peter Street to Richard Street, Beard Construction Group LLC, Port Allen, $262,382.

Lafourche – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 308 from the St. Charles Bridge to La. 20, Huey Stockstill Inc., Picayune, Miss., $1,993,787.40.

Natchitoches – Asphalt overlay, installing a concrete slab span bridge and related work to replace the Little River Bridge on La. 1220, Beard Construction Group LLC, Port Allen, $981,893.46.

Orleans – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on Orleans Avenue from North Claiborne Avenue to City Park Avenue; on Navarre Avenue from Canal Boulevard to Marconi Drive; on North Galvez Street from Orleans Avenue to Poydras Street; and on North Miro Street from Elysian Fields Avenue to Orleans Avenue, Boh Bros. Construction Co. LLC, New Orleans, $9,688,691.80.

Rapides – Asphalt overlay, pavement widening and related work on La. 116 from Libuse Cutoff Road to La. 28, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $2,092,245.51.

Richland – Asphalt overlay, installing concrete box culverts and related work to replace a bridge over an unnamed creek on La. 134, Beard Construction Group LLC, Port Allen, $318,873.36.

Richland – Pavement patching and related work on U.S. 425 from the I-20 eastbound off-ramp to Fragala Street, Southern Industrial Contractors LLC, Rayville, $1,444,108.50.

St. Landry – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 93 from the Lafayette Parish line to Cankton, Prairie Contractors Inc., Opelousas, $1,545,683.82.

St. Tammany – Embankment repairs and related work at the Middle Middle Pearl River Bridge on U.S. 90, Coastal Bridge Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $559,370.

Tangipahoa – Asphalt overlay, concrete overlay and related work at the intersection of La. 3158 and Old Covington Highway, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Franklinton, $535,866.60.

Union – Asphalt overlay, installing a concrete slab span bridge and related work to replace the Big Creek Bridge on La. 33, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, $849,994.40.

Vernon – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 10 from 4.8 miles west of La. 399 to La. 399, Prairie Contractors Inc., Opelousas, $1,565,433.76.