The Department of Transportation is seeking applications for its 2023-2026 Bridge Investment Program, Large Bridge Project Grants.
Donor Name: Department of Transportation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:
- FY 2023 and FY 2024 Funds: 11/27/2023
- FY 2025 Funds: 08/01/24
- FY 2026 Funds: 08/01/25
Size of the Grant: $1,779,295,000- $676,000,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Large Bridge Project grants (a project with total eligible costs greater than $100 million) for awards under the Bridge Investment Program (BIP). This notice establishes a “rolling application” process for Large Bridge Project applications by providing the schedule, requirements, and selection process for such projects for the remaining available amounts of BIP funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” or BIL) for 2023 through 2026, which total up to $9.62 billion. The FHWA will solicit applications for the other two BIP project categories in a subsequent NOFO: (1) Planning and (2) Bridge Project (a project with total eligible costs not greater than $100 million).
The goals of the BIP are:
- To improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges;
- To improve the condition of bridges in the United States by
- Reducing the number of bridges in poor condition or in fair condition and at risk of falling into poor condition within the next 3 years,1
- Reducing the total person miles traveled over bridges in poor condition, or in fair condition and at risk of falling into poor condition within the next 3 years,
- Reducing the number of bridges that do not meet current geometric design standards, or cannot meet the load and traffic requirements typical of the regional transportation network, and
- Reducing the total person miles traveled over bridges that do not meet current geometric design standards, or cannot meet the load and traffic requirements typical of the regional transportation network;
- To provide financial assistance that leverages and encourages non-Federal contributions from sponsors and stakeholders involved in the planning, design, and construction of eligible projects.
Funding Information
The BIL provided a total of up to $9.62 billion in 2023 through 2026 BIP funds for Large Bridge Project grants and Bridge Project grants funding opportunities.
BIP Fiscal Year Funding
- 2023: $1,779,295,00 -$543,920,000
- 2024: $1,779,295,000 -$630,000,000
- 2025: $1,779,295,000- $653,000,000
- 2026: $1,779,295,000- $676,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- A State or a group of States;
- A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area (as designated by the Bureau of the Census) with a population over 200,000;
- A unit of local government or a group of local governments;
- A political subdivision of a State or local government;
- A special purpose district or a public authority with a transportation function;
- An FLMA;
- Tribal government or a consortium of Tribal governments; and
- A multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities as described above
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
