Opportunity Listing - Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 – 2026 Bridge Investment Program, Large Bridge Project Grants

Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 – 2026 Bridge Investment Program, Large Bridge Project Grants

Agency: DOT Federal Highway Administration

Assistance Listings: 20.205 -- Highway Planning and Construction

Last Updated: June 2, 2025

Description

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 (IIJA) for FY 2023 through FY 2026, which total up to $9.62 billion (see section B.1 for details for funds available for each fiscal year). 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).

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This Amendment No. 2 amends the NOFO announcement first published on September 27, 2023. This amended NOFO among other things aligns the NOFO with current Administration and Department policies and priorities, provides a process for FY 2025 cycle applications to amend their applications, and other updates. A redline version of the amended NOFO that identifies changes is provided in addition to the clean version. Eligible applicants shall submit new applications that are responsive to this NOFO for consideration by August 1, 2025. Applicants currently under consideration for a submission prior to August 1, 2024, will be notified of the amendment process, as detailed in the NOFO Amendment No. 2. See Related Document section for copy of amended NOFO.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Government

Special district governments
City or township governments
County governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
State governments

Additional information

1. A State or a group of States; 2. A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area (as designated by the Bureau of the Census) with a population over 200,000;3. A unit of local government or a group of local governments;4. A political subdivision of a State or local government;5. A special purpose district or a public authority with a transportation function;6. A Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA);7. A Tribal government or a consortium of Tribal governments; and8. A multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities as described above in 1 – 7.

Grantor contact information

Description

Veronica Jacobson Agreement Specialist Office of Acquisition and Grants Management Federal Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 12300 West Dakota Avenue, #180 Lakewood, CO 80228

Email

Bridge Investment Program

BridgeInvestmentProgram@dot.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
693JJ323NF00019_-_BIP_Large_Bridge_Projects_NOFO_Amendment_No_2_REDLINE.pdf	NOFO Amendment 2 to 693JJ323NF00019_redline	Jun 2, 2025 02:52 PM UTC
693JJ323NF00019_-_BIP_Large_Bridge_Projects_NOFO_Amendment_No_2.pdf	NOFO Amendment 2 to 693JJ323NF00019_clean version	Jun 2, 2025 02:51 PM UTC
693JJ323NF00019_Amendment_1.pdf	Revised Closing Date	Nov 22, 2023 02:07 PM UTC
693JJ323NF00019_-_BIP_Large_Bridge_Projects_NOFO_2.pdf	693JJ323NF00019 - BIP Large Bridge Projects NOFO	Sep 27, 2023 07:27 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: November 1, 2025

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$9,620,100,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$50,000,000

Award Minimum

$3,000,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

693JJ323NF00019

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Transportation

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

September 27, 2023

Archive date:

November 1, 2025