Press Releases
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
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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
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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...