1. What is the purpose of this Notice? This Notice transmits the certificate of apportionment of Bridge Program funds authorized for FY 2005 pursuant to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), H.R. 3, 109^th Cong. (2005) (enacted). The apportionment is effective immediately.

2. What is the availability of these funds?

   1. The Bridge Program funds resulting from this apportionment are available for obligation until September 30, 2008. Any amounts not obligated by the State on or before September 30, 2008, shall lapse.

   2. The funds resulting from this apportionment are available for obligation immediately and will be subject to obligation controls in force at the time of obligation.

   3. The Federal share for all projects, except those on the Interstate System, will be according to title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 120(b). For those on the Interstate System, the Federal share will be according to title 23, U.S.C., section 120(a).

   4. The program codes to be used when obligating these funds are H110 and H1B0.

   5. This Notice includes amounts advanced, and is subject to the reconciliation requirement, pursuant to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (Pub. L. No. 108-310), as amended by the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005 (Pub. L. No. 109-14) and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Parts II through V (Pub. L. Nos. 109-20, 109-35, 109-37, 109-40). The details of reconciliation will be shown in supplementary tables issued in a separate Notice.

3. What is the background information?

   1. Section 1101(a)(3) of the SAFETEA-LU authorizes a total $4,187,708,821 in contract authority for the Bridge Program for FY 2005.

   2. Division H, title I, section 117, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. No.108-447, applies a 4.1 percent takedown from the amount authorized for the Bridge Program. This provision reduces the amount apportioned by $171,696,062.

   3. Section 104(f) of title 23, U.S.C., applies a 1.25 percent takedown from the amount authorized for the Bridge Program. This provision reduces the amount apportioned by $52,346,360.

   4. As required by title 23, U.S.C. section 144(g), $100,000,000 of the funds have been set aside for the Bridge Discretionary Program.

   5. The total contract authority available for distribution net of these reductions is $3,863,666,399.

4. What is the requirement for the Bridge Program? Pursuant to title, 23 U.S.C., section 144(g), not less than 15 percent of the amount apportioned to each State in a fiscal year shall be expended for bridge program projects located on public roads, other than those on the Federal-aid highway system. Bridge Program funds may be expended for replacement, rehabilitation, painting, performing systematic preventive maintenance or seismic retrofit of, or applying anti-icing or de-icing compositions to, eligible highway bridge projects. The Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with State and local officials may, with respect to a State, reduce the requirement for expenditure for bridges not on the Federal-aid highway system when the Secretary determines that the State has inadequate needs to justify the expenditure.

5. What action is required? Division Administrators should ensure that copies of this Notice are provided to the State departments of transportation.

	J. Richard Capka Acting Administrator

CERTIFICATE OF APPORTIONMENT FROM
THE SUM OF $4,187,708,821 AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED
FOR THE BRIDGE PROGRAM
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

TO--

The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the State departments of transportation:

Pursuant to title 23, United States Code, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the delegation of authority from the Secretary of Transportation to the Acting Federal Highway Administrator, section 1.48 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, I certify--

First, that the Secretary of the Treasury has made the estimate required by section 9503(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and based on that estimate, I have determined that the amount that can be apportioned for the Bridge Program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, pursuant to section 1101(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, is $4,187,708,821, which is 100 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year.

Second, pursuant to Division H, title I, section 117, of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. No. 108-447, I have determined that it will be necessary to deduct 4.1 percent from the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, from the Bridge Program. I have deducted said 4.1 percent from the sum of $4,187,708,821 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, section 1101(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. The amount deducted is $171,696,062.

Third, pursuant to section 104(f) of title 23, United States Code, I have deducted 1.25 percent from the sum of $4,187,708,821 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, by section 1101(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, for the purpose of carrying out section 134 of title 23, United States Code. The amount deducted is $52,346,360.

Fourth, pursuant to section 144(g) of title 23, United States Code, and after making deductions authorized by Division H, title I, section 117, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. No.108-447 and section 104(f) of title 23, United States Code, I have set aside $100,000,000 from the sum of $4,187,708,821 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, by section 1101(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, for the purpose for carrying out section 144 of title 23, United States Code. The resulting amount is $3,863,666,399.

Fifth, that after making the deductions and set aside, I have computed the apportionment to each State and the District of Columbia of the remainder of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Bridge Program in the manner provided by law in accordance with the formula set forth.

Sixth, that subject to the foregoing deductions and set aside, the sums that are hereby apportioned to each State and the District of Columbia, effective immediately, are respectively as follows:

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGE
REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION
AUTHORIZED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005

APPROVED EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 J. Richard Capka Acting Administrator