Bridge investment program: 2026 notice of funding

The Department will award up to $2.4 billion this year to replace, rehabilitate and preserve bridges in poor condition, with a set-aside for bridges owned by counties, tribes and small towns.

Who can apply

States, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, tribal governments and federal land management agencies may apply. Read the full eligibility list before you start; an application from last cycle may be resubmitted with an updated cost estimate. Applicants must own or operate the bridge, or hold a written agreement with the owner.

What is funded

• Replacement of a bridge rated in poor condition
• Rehabilitation that returns a bridge to fair or good condition
  • Deck replacement and superstructure repair
  • Scour countermeasures and seismic retrofit
• Protection of a bridge in fair condition from falling to poor

A bridge that is closed is not a transportation asset. It is a detour, and the detour is paid for every day by the people who live on the wrong side of it.

Office of Highways, condition report, 2025