Today's ceremony was held at a bridge spanning the Platte River where contractor RA Knapp & Sons had replaced the 86m-long deck in 41 days.

A bridge project has been completed every 1.8 days since the programme began. Of the 248 rehabilitation projects being delivered through MoDOT's normal bidding process, 116 bridges will be have been finished by the end of the year.

KTU Constructors is the contractor for the design-build phase of the initiative which will replace 554 bridges. It has begun construction of the first four.