Bridge Investment Program (BIP) (Part C): Large Bridge Project Grants

1. Large Bridge Project Grants

Applicants must provide at least 50% of the total project costs via non-Federal matching contributions.

Eligible Project Types: (a project with Total Eligible Project Costs greater than $100M)
· Projects to replace, rehabilitate, preserve, or protect one or more bridges on the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) under 23 U.S.C. 144(b)
· A project under the BIP Program includes bridge bundling and culverts (23 U.S.C. 124(a)(1)(B))
 
Eligible Project Costs: (including, but not limited to)
1. Development Phase Activities - planning, feasibility analyses, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities,
2. Construction - replacement and preservation, reconstruction, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property, environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and operational improvements directly related to improving system performance,
3. Bridge Protection Expenses - seismic or scour protection, and
4. Subsidy and Administrative Costs - on the request of an eligible entity carrying out an eligible project to provide to the entity Federal credit assistance under 23U.S.C. chapter 6 (TIFIA Program).

Additional Eligibility Requirements for BIP Awards:
1. The project is reasonably expected to begin construction no later than 18 months after the date on which BIP funds are obligated for the project.
2. Preliminary engineering is complete for the project.
3. Applicants must address three title 23 U.S.C. requirements: (1) how the bridge will be maintained and (2) accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians, and (3) project consistency with an asset management plan.

• A State or a group of States
• Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) with a population over 200,000
• Unit of Local Government or a group of Local Governments
• Political Subdivision of a State or Local Government
• Special Purpose District or a Public Authority with a transportation function
• Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA)
• Tribal Government or Consortium of Tribal Governments
• Multi-State or Multijurisdictional Group of Entities described above

Administration Priorities and Departmental Strategic Plan Goals:

1. Safety: Applicants must address how their project provides substantial safety benefits.
2. Climate Change and Sustainability: Applicants must address how the project will consider climate change and environmental justice in the  planning stage and in project delivery.
3. Equity: Applicants must address how their project will include an equity assessment which evaluates whether a project will create proportional impacts  and remove transportation-related disparities to all populations in a project  area.
4. Workforce Development, Job Quality, and Wealth Creation: Applicants must address how their project will create good-paying jobs with free and  fair choice to join a union.

· DOT will prioritize applications of Large Bridge Project grants with a demonstrated need for a BIP grant of at least $100 million.
· Applications should demonstrate receipt (or the schedule for anticipated receipt) of all environmental approvals and permits necessary for the project to proceed to construction on the project timeline specified.
 
*Federal assistance other than a BIP award may be combined with a BIP award, but total Federal assistance for a BIP project may not exceed the Federal share under 23 U.S.C. 120