This bill eliminates two existing federal transportation programs—the Carbon Reduction Program and the PROTECT Program (which focuses on climate resilience)—and redirects their funding to create a new National Bridge Program. The new program distributes federal bridge funding to states primarily based on the total deck area of bridges on federal highways, with 75 percent allocated by overall bridge deck area and 25 percent allocated to bridges in poor condition. All states are eligible to use the funds for replacing, rehabilitating, preserving, and constructing bridges on federal highways, and states have the flexibility to also use these funds for bridges not on federal highways. The bill uses the National Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2024, as the baseline for calculating how much funding each state receives, ensuring a consistent formula for distribution.
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