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Press Releases

If you are interested in searching for press releases prior to 2021, please visit our News Archive.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $27.5 Million for Grand Canyon National Park Shuttle Bus Fleet Replacement Project as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

National Park Service to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24a-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $27.5 million...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $21.4 Million for Construction of Ecusta Rail Trail Connecting to Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

North Carolina Department of Transportation to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24b-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $21.4 million...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $17.7 Million for Transportation Improvements at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24c-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $17.7 million to the U.S...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8.3 Million Grant Award for Road Safety Improvements to Enhance Tribal Connections in Utah as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

County of Tooele, Utah, to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24d-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $8.3 million to the County of...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $30.5 Million Grant Award for Road Safety Improvements to Enhance Tribal Connections in Montana as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24e-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $30.5 million...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $11.9 Million Grant Award for Road Improvements to Enhance Tribal Safety in Nevada as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24f-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $11.9 million to the Pyramid Lake...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12.9 Million Grant Award for Road Improvements to Enhance Tribal Safety for Cherokee Nation as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

Cherokee Nation to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24g-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $12.9 million to the Cherokee Nation in...

Design Standards 1944

Other proposed standards from Appendix V of Interregional Highways included:

  • Where elevation or depression was necessary to avoid intersections, "depression of the highway, if financially feasible, generally shall be preferred to elevation." Where the highway must be elevated, it shall be "by means of a structure of adequate and pleasing design."

  • Service streets were to be provided, designed as one-way streets not less than 24 feet wide, at...

Biden-Harris Administration Opens First Round of $85 Million Competitive Grant Program to Fund Digital Construction Technologies That Save Time and Money

New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will help accelerate project delivery

FHWA 23-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel.: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced that the application period is open for the first year of a new, $85 million grant program under President Biden’s Bipartisan...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding to Rebuild I-95 in Philadelphia

Tanker truck fire causes partial collapse of key north-south connector

FHWA 22-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel.: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for use as a down payment by the Pennsylvania...