President Joe Biden announced his administration's plans to spend $27 billion to fix thousands of U.S. bridges, the latest roll-out associated with the... | By Reuters | My bipartisan infrastructure law includes the largest investment in our nation's bridges since the creation of the interstate highway system. Bridges to connect us. Bridges to make America work. Across our country right now there are 45, 000 bridges 45, 000 that are in poor condition. We're seeing photos of some of them behind me in all 50 states. Today we're releasing the first year of that program which is $5. 5 billion. 5 and a half billion dollars to states and tribes repair and rebuild bridges to make them safer and more usable. This is an investment that's going to help connect entire towns and regions to new opportunities. With this investment, we're sending the message to those communities and to the people who call them home. You matter.

President Joe Biden announced his administration's plans to spend $27 billion to fix thousands of U.S. bridges, the latest roll-out associated with the... | By Reuters | My bipartisan infrastructure law includes the largest investment in our nation's bridges since the creation of the interstate highway system. Bridges to connect us. Bridges to make America work. Across our country right now there are 45, 000 bridges 45, 000 that are in poor condition. We're seeing photos of some of them behind me in all 50 states. Today we're releasing the first year of that program which is $5. 5 billion. 5 and a half billion dollars to states and tribes repair and rebuild bridges to make them safer and more usable. This is an investment that's going to help connect entire towns and regions to new opportunities. With this investment, we're sending the message to those communities and to the people who call them home. You matter.