The Department of Transportation is offering the Competitive Highway Bridge Program grant to support highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for the FY 2024 and FY 2025 Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP). This is a competitive grant program that provides funding towards highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway bridge projects. Eligible phases of work must include construction however an application may also include environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, and/or final design.

The CHBP provides grant opportunities to States that have a population density of less than 115 individuals per square mile and less than 26 percent of total bridges classified as in good condition or greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of total bridges classified in poor condition, based on the National Bridge Inventory as of June 2023. States meeting the population criteria and that have greater than 14 percent of total bridges classified as in poor condition are eligible to receive no less than $32.5 million from FY 2024 funding and no less than $32.5 million from FY 2025 funding, pursuant to a determination that projects are eligible and sufficient to fund such amount. 

This grant program is not associated with the previous FY 2018 CHBP grant programs eligibility and award criteria, or application requirements. The eligibility and award criteria and application requirements provided under this NOFO are unique to the FY 2024 CHBP.

This Amendment No. 1 amends the NOFO announcement first published on January 13, 2025. This amended NOFO among other things aligns the NOFO with current Administration and Department policies and priorities, includes FY 2025 CHBP funding for consideration of selection, and updates the application evaluation criteria. A redline version of the NOFO that identifies the changes is provided in addition to the clean version. Applications that were submitted in response to the January 13, 2025, announcement will not be reviewed. Eligible applicants shall submit applications that are responsive to this NOFO.  See the Related Documents section for a copy of the amended NOFO. 

This Notice of Funding Opportunity is for the Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) the Grant Program is a discretionary grant program that provides funding towards highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling at multiple highway bridge projects. Eligible phases of work must include construction however an application may also include environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, and/or final design.

The purpose of the CHBP is to provide grants to States that have a population density of less than 115 individuals per square mile and less than 26 percent of total bridges classified as in good condition or greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of total bridges classified in poor condition for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway bridge projects. States meeting the population criteria and that have greater than 14 percent of total bridges classified as in poor condition are eligible to receive no less than $32.5 million, pursuant to a determination that projects are eligible and sufficient to fund such amount.  

This grant program is not associated with any previous grant programs, eligibility and award criteria, or application requirements including the FY 2018 CHBP. The eligibility and award criteria and application requirements provided under this NOFO are unique to the FY 2024 CHBP.