US Army, 3130 S George Washington Blvd, Wichita, KS 67210, US

The Kansas Department of Transportation s history back to 1917 when organizing intrastate travel was just beginning. The agency's primary activities include road and bridge maintenance; transportation planning, data collection and evaluation; project scoping, designing and letting; contract compliance inspection of material and labor; federal program funding administration; and administrative support. In 2004, KDOT let 451 projects, resurfaced 1,636 miles of roadway and replaced 42 bridges for a total of $540 million. In addition to the department s headquarters in Topeka, Kan., it has six district Offices, 25 area offices and more than 100 sub-area offices throughout the state. More than 3,000 people are employed at these offices.