Closed · 693JJ325NF00010 · CFDA 20.205 · Discretionary

Competitive Highway Bridge Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by DOT Federal Highway Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$75M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 4, 2025
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Competitive Highway Bridge Program is a closed discretionary listing from DOT Federal Highway Administration that offered $1,000,000 -- $75,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 254 other opportunities from DOT Federal Highway Administration.

$1M-$75M
award range
Closed
application status
20.205
CFDA program
254
other opportunities from DOT Federal Highway Administration

Archived opportunity record

Competitive Highway Bridge Program is closed (last close August 4, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 20.205 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. DOT Federal Highway Administration still indexes 254 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 4, 2025

Posted Jan 13 Closes Aug 4

Est. Total Funding

$500,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for the FY 2024 and FY 2025 Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP). This is a competitive grant program that provides funding towards highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway bridge projects. Eligible phases of work must include construction however an application may also include environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, and/or final design.The CHBP provides grant opportunities to States that have a population density of less than 115 individuals per square mile and less than 26 percent of total bridges classified as in good condition or greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of total bridges classified in poor condition, based on the National Bridge Inventory as of June 2023. States meeting the population criteria and that have greater than 14 percent of total bridges classified as in poor condition are eligible to receive no less than $32.5 million from FY 2024 funding and no less than $32.5 million from FY 2025 funding, pursuant to a determination that projects are eligible and sufficient to fund such amount. This grant program is not associated with the previous FY 2018 CHBP grant programs eligibility and award criteria, or application requirements. The eligibility and award criteria and application requirements provided under this NOFO are unique to the FY 2024 CHBP.This Amendment No. 1 amends the NOFO announcement first published on January 13, 2025. This amended NOFO among other things aligns the NOFO with current Administration and Department policies and priorities, includes FY 2025 CHBP funding for consideration of selection, and updates the application evaluation criteria. A redline version of the NOFO that identifies the changes is provided in addition to the clean version. Applications that were submitted in response to the January 13, 2025, announcement will not be reviewed. Eligible applicants shall submit applications that are responsive to this NOFO. See the Related Documents section for a copy of the amended NOFO.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 693JJ325NF00010

Grants.gov marks Competitive Highway Bridge Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Transportation (T). This eligibility-code string dominates the DOT Federal Highway Administration book (136 peers, 53% of 255).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 20.205

Highway Planning and Construction

U.S. Department of Transportation

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Agency Contact

Derek Constable Federal Highway Administration Office of Bridges and Structures

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What to do next

Competitive Highway Bridge Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 20.205 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Highway Planning and Construction indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • DOT Federal Highway Administration lists 254 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants