BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $72 million at its March 28 public bid opening, according to Gov. Kathleen Blanco and DOTD Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry.

With a bid of $27,961,357.89, Gilchrist Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, was the apparent low bidder on the state’s most expensive job, a project in Winn Parish calling for road base rehabilitation, replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete bridge and related work on U.S. 167 from the Grant Parish line to the City of Winnfield.

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

Ascension, East Baton Rouge – Replacing roadway striping and raised pavement markers on I-10 from Siegen Lane to the St. James Parish line, Pavement Marking Division of Gulf Industries Inc., Mandeville, $893,269.90.

Avoyelles – Asphalt overlay on La. 1192 from La. 107 to La. 1, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $758,100.32.

Bossier – Replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 614 from U.S. 80 to La. 164, Benton & Brown LLC, Minden, $1,748,891.10.

Bossier – Replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 3227 from La. 157 to La. 164, Benton & Brown LLC, Minden, $848,740.18.

Calcasieu – Replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching, pavement widening and related work on La. 378 from Sampson Street to U.S. 171, H & S Construction Co. Inc., Broussard, $3,210,913.04.

Calcasieu – Road base rehabilitation, replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete walkways, pavement widening and related work on the Westlake Bikeway Facility Project, McManus Construction Inc., Lake Charles, $7,297,198.10.

Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas – Sealing asphalt pavement and related work on La. 568, La. 844, La. 870, La. 865 and La. 3101 as part of a districtwide pavement preservation initiative, T.L. Wallace Construction Inc., Columbia, Miss., $492,092.94.

Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, Tensas – Sealing asphalt pavement and related work on La. 772, La. 577, La. 572, La. 865, La. 562, La. 923, La. 575, La. 898 and La. 608 as part of a districtwide pavement preservation initiative, Dreher Contracting Inc., Bastrop, $1,515,846.71.

DeSoto – Road base rehabilitation, replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 509 from the International Paper Co. paper mill to La. 1, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $1,583,373.02.

East Baton Rouge – Concrete pavement patching on La. 1248 (Bluebonnet Boulevard) from Highland Road to I-10, Forby Contracting Inc., Hinckley, Minn., $313,225.

Jefferson, St. Charles – Replacing roadway striping and raised pavement markers on I-10 from the St. John the Baptist Parish line to Causeway Boulevard, Pavement Marking Division of Gulf Industries Inc., Mandeville, $492,678.50.

Orleans – Asphalt overlay and related work on U.S. 90 from Tulane Avenue to Orleans Avenue, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $989,117.

Plaquemines – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 3017 from the Jefferson Parish line to La. 23, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $2,508,263.50.

Pointe Coupee – Road base rehabilitation, replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 1 from La. 413 to La. 10, Barber Bros. Contracting Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $7,098,844.20.

Sabine – Road base rehabilitation, asphalt overlay, replacing drainage pipe, clearing and grubbing, and related work on La. 474 between the towns of Negreet and Florien, Specialty Contractors, Marthaville, $247,188.55.

St. James, St. John the Baptist – Replacing roadway striping and raised pavement markers on I-10 from the Ascension Parish line to the St. Charles Parish line, Highway Graphics Inc., West Monroe, $445,129.50.

St. Tammany – Replacing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement widening, installing signs and related work on La. 36 at La. 59 in Abita Springs, Boh Bros. Construction Co. LLC, New Orleans, $872,220.20.

Tangipahoa – Ultra-thin asphalt overlay, pavement striping and related work to improve road surface skid resistance on I-12 from the Livingston Parish line to U.S. 51-B, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $1,766,318.

Webster – Sealing asphalt pavement, pavement patching, and replacing signs and barricades on La. 157 from the Bossier Parish line to U.S. 371, T.L. Wallace Construction, Inc., Columbia, Miss., $568,794.70.

Webster – New building construction and related work to build a new DOTD maintenance office on U.S. 80 approximately one mile east of U.S. 371 in Minden, A & R General Contractors Inc., Bossier City, $1,585,954.

District 62 – Rest area maintenance and operation in District 62, Apex Solutions-RA Management Inc., Lufkin, Tex., $151,475.