Opportunity Information: Apply for 693JJ325NF00010
The Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, focused on helping certain lower-density states replace or rehabilitate highway bridges on public roads. The central idea of this program is to fund bridge projects that can show real cost savings by bundling multiple bridge replacements or rehabilitations together, rather than delivering them one at a time. While construction is required to be part of any proposed project, an application can also cover earlier project phases such as environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, and final design, as long as construction is included in the overall scope.
CHBP is aimed specifically at states that face a combination of rural conditions and bridge condition needs. Eligibility is based on population density (less than 115 individuals per square mile) and bridge condition thresholds tied to the share of bridges rated in good condition and the share rated in poor condition. In practical terms, the program is designed to push funding toward places that have fewer people spread over more miles of roadway, and where bridge conditions indicate a meaningful need for reinvestment. A special provision applies to states that meet the population density requirement and have more than 14 percent of their bridges classified as in poor condition: those states are eligible to receive no less than 32.5 million dollars, as long as the submitted projects are determined to be eligible and there are sufficient qualifying project costs to support that amount.
This funding opportunity is explicitly not a continuation of earlier CHBP rounds, and it is not tied to any previous eligibility rules, evaluation criteria, or application requirements, including the FY 2018 version of CHBP. The notice makes clear that the requirements in this Notice of Funding Opportunity are unique to the FY 2024 CHBP, so applicants should not assume that older guidance, scoring approaches, or submission expectations carry over.
Eligible applicants are limited to State Departments of Transportation in the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Among these, Iowa, Maine, South Dakota, and West Virginia are specifically identified as eligible for the no-less-than 32.5 million dollar provision described above. An eligible State DOT may submit an application in partnership with another entity that is not itself an eligible State DOT, but if the application is selected, the State DOT must be the official recipient of the grant funds.
There are also limits and formatting expectations for how states submit requests. Each eligible State DOT may submit no more than three applications total, counting both standalone applications and those submitted in partnership. If a State DOT submits more than one application, it must clearly rank its submissions (for example, rank #1, rank #2) and include that ranking both in the application narrative and in the project title, so reviewers can easily identify the state’s priority order.
From the source data, this opportunity is listed as a grant under DOT Federal Highway Administration, Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ325NF00010, within the transportation activity category, with CFDA number 20.205. The original closing date is March 13, 2025. The listed award ceiling is 250,000,000 dollars.Apply for 693JJ325NF00010
- The DOT Federal Highway Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Competitive Highway Bridge Program" 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 2025-01-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-13. (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 $250,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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