WASHINGTON – Today, to kick off the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America tour, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced more than $5 billion in Large Bridge Project awards through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) competitive Bridge Investment Program, part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

The grants will fund the reconstruction, repair, and restoration—using American-made materials—of 13 nationally significant bridges in 16 states that connect communities to jobs and resources, support the economy, and serve as critical corridors for freight travel. These projects will also address important safety issues and make the bridges more resilient to extreme weather while creating good-paying jobs.

“For too long America let bridges fall into disrepair, which left people less safe, disrupted our supply chains, and cost people time and money—but now the Biden-Harris Administration is changing that with the biggest investment in our bridges since the Eisenhower era,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “There are currently about 3,000 fewer bridges in poor condition than when our administration began, and today we are proud to announce funding to repair or replace 13 of America's largest and economically significant bridges.”

“Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Bridge Investment Program, we are reinvesting in our infrastructure and ensuring vital connections for Americans who need to get to a job, a class, or a doctor,” said Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt. “These grants are helping to advance critical bridge projects across the nation that will improve overall quality of life and ensure this country’s infrastructure works for everyone.”

Below are the 13 Large Bridge Project Grants awarded in this round:

The Oregon Department of Transportation will receive $1.4 billion for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program connecting Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. The project aims to replace two aging vertical lift bridges over the Columbia River with modern structures that provide safe options for driving, walking, biking, rolling, and riding transit.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will receive $993 million for the Sagamore Bridge Replacement Project in Cape Cod. This initiative seeks to reduce high crash rates and congestion while improving safety and efficiency over the Canal.

The Alabama Department of Transportation will receive $550 million for the I-10 Mobile River Bridge Replacement and Bayway Multimodal Project aimed at enhancing safety and mobility along Interstate 10.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will receive $500 million for replacing an old bridge on I-83 South over the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation will receive $394 million for America's River Crossing Project between Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas. The project involves replacing a 75-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will receive $251 million for improving 15 bridges crucial to Providence's local economy under I-95's Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s Economy Project.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation will receive $242 million for replacing Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington with updated infrastructure meeting current needs.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation will receive $175 million for replacing four aging bridges on I-95 over Lake Marion.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will receive $124 million for replacing Roosevelt Memorial Bridge over Lake Texoma.

Miami-Dade County will receive $101 million for Venetian Causeway Bridge Replacement Project involving 11 outdated structures originally built in 1926.

West Virginia's Market Street Bridge between East Steubenville and Steubenville Ohio receives an $88 million grant aimed at replacement due to its deteriorating condition since its construction in 1904.

New Mexico's Nogal Canyon Bridges on Interstate 25 get a boost with a $72 million grant aimed at replacement due their rapid deterioration.

Kansas City Kansas' major river crossing on 18th Street gets a new lease on life with a $63 million grant focused on cost-effective replacement solutions rather than continued repairs.

Large Bridge Project Grants under this program target projects exceeding total eligible costs above $100 million while prioritizing those ready-to-proceed construction efforts needing pre-construction work supported by multi-year agreements.

President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established this program investing around forty billion dollars spanning five years aiming at maintaining operational national bridge networks catering traveler needs supporting local economies strengthening supply chains reducing consumer costs generating employment opportunities nationwide rebuilding repairing modernizing upwards ten thousand two hundred plus infrastructures Fiscal Year twenty-two alone saw investments totaling two point four billion dollars towards planning constructing thirty-seven different states across nation detailed information available FHWA website

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