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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced nearly $635 million for 22 small and medium-sized bridge projects in both rural and urban areas, from Maine to Mississippi to Arizona and Alaska. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law dedicates $40 billion over five years to tackle a backlog of bridge projects, which will improve safety and support economic competitiveness and America’s supply chains, restoring connections that are vital to commuters, emergency responders, truck drivers, and public transit riders.
“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, more than 11,000 bridges in communities across America are finally getting the repairs they’ve long needed with funding from our infrastructure law,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “With the awards we’re announcing today, another 22 major projects will move forward, making sure that people and goods can get where they need to go, safely and efficiently.”
Curious to know how much of these bill the Trump administration will claw back or redirect.
American infrastructure needs more investment. This is just a start.
A sample project from the list:
Oklahoma: $13,793,400 to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe Porter Avenue Bridge Replacement project that will replace the Porter Avenue Bridge, a structurally at-risk bridge that carries Porter Avenue over Little River in Norman, Oklahoma. The 87-year-old bridge cannot meet the load and traffic requirements of the regional transportation network and is prone to flooding. If not replaced, it threatens the mobility of people and goods through the region and will impact future economic growth. The project will improve the quality of life for local and regional bridge users, primarily impacting the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.