Wisconsin Southern & Railroad awarded Michels Corp. $21.6 million to rehabilitate the Merrimac bridge between Sauk and Columbia counties.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed a $487,618 contract to improve bridge decks on various state highways and interstate highways in the counties of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan and Winnebago.

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State lawmakers have largely signed off on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's plans for spending the $282.9 million the state is due from the infrastructure bill adopted by Congress last year.

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Wisconsin stands to receive $45 million this year for bridge projects as part of money set aside for bridge construction in the $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill approved last fall.

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The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 highway bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November. The effort is being announced Friday as President Joe Biden tries to showcase how his policies are delivering for the public.

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Fighting sagging poll ratings, President Joe Biden set out Tuesday on a national tour to persuade everyday Americans of the benefits of his big, just-signed infrastructure plan. First stop: a snowy, rusty bridge in New Hampshire, a state that gave him no love in the presidential primaries last year.

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President Joe Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday on the White House lawn, with a smattering of Republican lawmakers on hand for what could be one of the last shows of bipartisanship ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

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The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that President Joe Biden plans to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has secured a $6.75 million federal grant for the final phase of a project to rehab the Merrimac Bridge between Columbia and Sauk Counties.

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Uncertainty over federal money for transportation projects amid a partial government shutdown is forcing some states to delay contracts for new road and bridge work.

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