Opportunity Information: Apply for 693JJ322NF00009
The Bridge Investment Program (BIP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), offers competitive grant funding for three distinct tracks: Planning, Bridge Projects, and Large Bridge Projects. The program is designed to help applicants move from early-stage project development through major capital construction, with each category having its own eligibility rules, selection criteria, and application deadlines. In practical terms, this NOFO is meant to both (1) build a pipeline of well-prepared bridge projects through planning support and (2) fund the actual replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, and protection of bridges that are critical to the national transportation network.
The Planning category focuses on the up-front work needed to shape a bridge project into something ready for future investment. Funding under this category can support planning, feasibility analysis, and revenue forecasting tied to developing a project that could later compete for BIP construction funding under either the Bridge Projects or Large Bridge Projects categories. This is aimed at reducing the common barrier where agencies have clear infrastructure needs but lack the resources to complete the technical and financial groundwork required for a strong, construction-ready grant application.
The two construction-oriented categories are split by project size. Bridge Projects cover eligible projects with total eligible costs under $100 million, while Large Bridge Projects are for those with eligible costs over $100 million. For the 2022 funding round referenced in the opportunity, a total of $2.36 billion is available for the Bridge Projects and Large Bridge Projects categories combined. Awards are made competitively, and the projects supported are expected to deliver clear improvements to bridge conditions and performance, not just routine upkeep. Eligible activities include replacing bridges that are functionally obsolete or structurally deficient, rehabilitating bridges to extend service life and improve performance, preserving bridge assets before they decline further, and protecting bridges against threats that could compromise safety or reliability.
Across Bridge Projects and Large Bridge Projects, FHWA emphasizes outcomes tied to safety, efficiency, and reliability for both people and freight moving over bridges. The program prioritizes investments that measurably improve national bridge conditions by reducing the number of bridges (and the total person-miles traveled over them) that are already in poor condition, as well as bridges that are currently in fair condition but are likely to fall into poor condition within roughly the next three years. It also targets bridges that fail to meet current geometric design standards or cannot adequately handle the load and traffic demands that are typical for the surrounding regional transportation network. In other words, the program is not only trying to fix the worst bridges, but also to prevent near-term deterioration and address design or capacity gaps that create safety and operational issues.
A notable feature applies to the Large Bridge Projects category: projects receiving a BIP award of at least $100 million may qualify for multiyear grants. This allows DOT to commit funding to a single large project across multiple years through an agreement aligned with the project schedule. This structure is especially relevant for major bridge replacements or complex corridor structures where construction phasing, procurement timelines, and cash flow needs extend beyond a single fiscal year.
When FHWA evaluates Bridge Projects and Large Bridge Projects applications, it also considers how well BIP funding is leveraged with non-Federal contributions. That means project sponsors that can bring meaningful state, local, tribal, authority, or other stakeholder funding to the table may be viewed more favorably, since BIP dollars would be amplifying a broader investment package rather than serving as the sole funding source.
Eligible applicants are broad and include multiple levels and forms of government and public authorities involved in transportation. Applicants may include a state or group of states; metropolitan planning organizations serving urbanized areas with populations over 200,000; units of local government (or groups of local governments); political subdivisions of a state or local government; special purpose districts or public authorities with transportation functions; federal land management agencies; tribal governments or consortia of tribal governments; and multistate or multijurisdictional coalitions made up of the eligible entity types listed above. The opportunity is a discretionary transportation grant (CFDA 20.205) offered by FHWA, and the referenced application closing date in the source data is September 8, 2022.
At a high level, this NOFO is about building and funding a pipeline of bridge investments that can demonstrate real public benefits: safer crossings, fewer load restrictions and closures, improved freight and passenger reliability, and measurable progress in reducing the number of bridges in poor or at-risk condition while bringing structures closer to modern standards for geometry, capacity, and resilience.Apply for 693JJ322NF00009
- The DOT Federal Highway Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bridge Investment Program - Planning, Bridge Projects, and Large Bridge Projects" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.205.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-06-10.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-09-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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