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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Local office holders say they have been waiting for weeks for answers to questions about a Wisconsin Department of Transportation plan calling for historically high spending on state bridges.

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A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed on Tuesday in the Italian port city of Genoa during a violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 45 meters into a heap of rubble.

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President Donald Trump wants to rebuild the country's transportation system. He also wants to strengthen the U.S. steel industry by placing tariffs on imports.

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