DOT Rolls Out $5B in Bridge Infrastructure Grants
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund 13 economically significant projects to address traffic and freight bottlenecks.
According to TruckingDive, the Department of Transportation awarded $5 billion in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fix or replace more than a dozen of the biggest and most economically critical bridges around the country, officials announced Wednesday.
A $1.4 billion grant to replace an Interstate 5 bridge between Oregon and Washington is the largest of the 13 projects receiving funding in the latest round. “These bridges affect whole regions and ultimately impact the entire U.S. economy,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on a press call Tuesday afternoon. “What they all have in common is that their condition means they need major urgent investment to help keep people safe and to keep our supply chains running smoothly.”
