The Federal Highway Administration has issued a $2.36 billion funding notice to open applications for states and local officials to apply for money to improve bridge projects across the nation.
June 10, 2022bridges
Government, Business, Safety 
Mitch Landrieu speaks at the event. (U.S. Department of Transportation via YouTube)
FHWA Opens Applications for $2.36 Billion to Upgrade Bridges
Mitch Landrieu speaks at the event. (U.S. Department of Transportation via YouTube) Government, Business, Technology, Safety 
A bridge in California. (Pgiam/Getty Images)
FHWA to Extend Inspection Requirements for Bridges
A bridge in California. (Pgiam/Getty Images)The Federal Highway Administration has issued a final rule that will extend inspection requirements for some of the nation’s bridges from 24 months to 48 months, and in some cases, 72 months.
May 6, 2022 Government, Logistics 
Vehicles that were on a bridge when it collapsed Jan. 28 are seen in the rubble during the recovery process Jan. 31. The red truck belonged to Tyrone and Velva Perry. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)
PennDOT Officials: Bridge’s ‘Poor’ Rating Didn’t Warrant Closure
Vehicles that were on a bridge when it collapsed Jan. 28 are seen in the rubble during the recovery process Jan. 31. The red truck belonged to Tyrone and Velva Perry. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)PITTSBURGH — The bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh Jan. 28 showed deterioration during a September inspection that was not bad enough to require its closure, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Jan. 31.
January 31, 2022 Government, Business, Technology, Safety 
The Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed Jan. 28. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
What Does a Poor Bridge Rating Mean?
The Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed Jan. 28. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)A 50-year-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh had been rated as poor on a recent inspection report, but transportation officials and engineering experts cautioned that doesn’t necessarily signal imminent danger for the thousands of other U.S. bridges with the same designation.
January 31, 2022 Government, Business 
President Joe Biden visits the site where the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
Biden Visits Collapsed Bridge, Touts Infrastructure Needs
President Joe Biden visits the site where the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)PITTSBURGH — Arriving just hours after a serious bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Jan. 28, striking evidence supporting the $1 trillion infrastructure law he already had planned to tout on his trip here.
January 28, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
A Port Authority bus and a car were on a bridge when it collapsed. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh
A Port Authority bus and a car were on a bridge when it collapsed. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)PITTSBURGH — A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Jan. 28, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with the span into a park ravine.
January 28, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
President Joe Biden speaks about investing in bridges as Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor & Infrastructure Act Implementation Coordinator, looks on. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
DOT Dedicates $27 Billion to Bridge Repairs Nationwide
President Joe Biden speaks about investing in bridges as Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor & Infrastructure Act Implementation Coordinator, looks on. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 highway bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November.
January 14, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the infrastructure bill at a New Jersey Transit rail maintenance facility in Kearny, N.J., Oct. 25. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg News)
Biden Says ‘Sledgehammer’ Bridge Shows Need for Infrastructure Funding
President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the infrastructure bill at a New Jersey Transit rail maintenance facility in Kearny, N.J., Oct. 25. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg News)President Joe Biden argued for his economic agenda in New Jersey on Oct. 25, pointing to a train bridge in the state that sometimes can’t be closed without the help of sledgehammers as a sign of decaying U.S. infrastructure.
October 25, 2021 Government, Safety 
Illinois Department of Transportation via Twitter
Illinois DOT Explores Initiatives to Reduce Bridge Strikes
Illinois Department of Transportation via TwitterThe Illinois Department of Transportation is pursuing two pilot initiatives meant to reduce bridge strikes by large trucks.
April 6, 2021 Government 
A 'Bridge Closed' sign on Springs Road in Vallejo, Calif., in March. (Bloomberg News)
States to Compete for 10 Biggest Bridge Fixes
A 'Bridge Closed' sign on Springs Road in Vallejo, Calif., in March. (Bloomberg News)The Biden administration plans to have states compete for a slice of the proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure-and-jobs program that’s dedicated to fixing 10 unnamed bridges that are seen as economically important.
April 6, 2021