The U.S. Department of Transportation is allocating $26.5 billion for repairs to bridges around the country in what the White House is calling the nation’s largest investment in bridges since the creation of the interstate highway system.
The Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection and Construction Program — more simply, the Bridge Formula Program — was made possible through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed by President Joe Biden in November. The program will be administered by the Federal Highway Administration, and calls for $26.5 billion to be distributed over five years to states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as $825 million for tribal transportation facilities.
