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Appears in 10 stories · Last updated Nov 8, 2026
Approved the Final EIS/Record of Decision selecting Alternative C in October 2026
The Federal Highway Administration has approved the environmental plan for a new Chesapeake Bay Bridge crossing. The Record of Decision selects Alternative C: two new four-lane spans, eight lanes across the Bay, and removal of the two existing bridges.
Updated 3 days ago
Provides funding and oversight
Massachusetts is taking final bids from three teams to design and build a new Sagamore Bridge, with $956 million in federal money authorized and another $371 million expected. The state plans to pick a contractor by summer 2027.
Updated 6 days ago
Funds 90% of construction via Highway Safety Improvement Program grants
Construction has started on a $75,000 safety project on Michigan Street, which adds flashing pedestrian beacons at Houseman and Grand avenues plus curb extensions that shorten the crossings. The city announced the start of work on Oct. 19 and expects the project to finish in November, around Thanksgiving.
Updated Oct 31
Administrator toured the project on Oct. 26, 2026; the federal funding amount for this project is not confirmed in the provided sources
Crews are tearing out aging bridge decks on I-215 West in Salt Lake City. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) says the two-year rebuild is 60% complete. The work covers 18 bridge decks to replace, 12 bridges to repair, and about 12 miles of ramps to repave.
Updated Oct 29
Provided the main funding through its Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program
Interstate 25 near Colorado's Greenland exit split 39,000 acres of habitat, and for decades elk and pronghorn could not cross it. The corridor averaged about one deer-vehicle crash per day in peak migration. In the overpass's first ten months, wildlife collisions dropped 91 percent, from a five-year average of roughly 40 a year to two.
Updated Oct 16
Granting agency
The Federal Highway Administration has committed $25.1 million to the Port of Houston Authority for a demonstration project to cut emissions from trucks serving the Houston Ship Channel. The money is obligated but not yet spent.
Updated Oct 15
As of October 2026: Provided the grant for the shuttle expansion
Boston plans to launch free shuttle service in Allston-Brighton, the Seaport and Charlestown by early 2027, with routes for Roxbury and Mattapan still being chosen through a competitive procurement. The expansion of the city's Link program is backed by $11.5 million in federal money first awarded through the Federal Highway Administration, and aims to connect residents to MBTA stations.
Updated Oct 11
As of September 2026: Grantor
Queens Boulevard has long been one of New York City's most dangerous roads, earning the nickname 'Boulevard of Death' after more than 100 pedestrian fatalities since 1990. On August 28, 2026, the federal government moved to change that, awarding $27.4 million to the city's Department of Transportation to implement the Queens Boulevard Great Streets transformation and fund supplemental Vision Zero planning.
Updated Sep 25
As of September 2026: Administers NEVI; ended the pause in August 2025
Three years after Congress approved $5 billion for highway EV chargers, the White House froze the money. Courts unfroze it in January, and states are building again — North Carolina added seven new charging locations on September 14.
Updated Sep 19
As of May 2026: Rulemaker rescinding federal-lands and tribal-road management-system regulations
On December 17, 2025, two FHWA rollbacks took effect that sound boring—and matter anyway. The agency removed the formal, on-the-books requirements that told the Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs how to run safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management systems for certain federally funded roads.
Updated May 15
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