Status of Federal-Aid Highway Investments
The current surface transportation authorization, signed into law in November 2021, provides federal highway, bridge, and public transit funding to the states through Sept. 30, 2026. Through January 30, 2026, states have committed $257 billion in highway and bridge formula funds to support nearly 115,000 new projects.
In Your State and Congressional District
This dashboard tracks highway and bridge formula and discretionary funds by state and congressional district, allowing a look at how federal investments are being invested in communities across the country. Nearly 90 percent of highway resources are dispersed by formula to states, with the remainder distributed through discretionary grant awards and other allocated programs.
ARTBA economics team utilizes publicly available data to quantify the infrastructure improvements being made. Updates to this resource occur monthly, as new data becomes available.
Five Years of Investment
Except for employment figures, all data compares the first four fiscal years of the 2021 infrastructure law to the first five years of the 2015 law.
The Big Picture
Over the last decade, federal funding has accounted for over 50 percent of state highway and bridge capital outlays. This investment has supported the repair and reconstruction of structures on the National Highway System, which includes the Interstates and the major roads that connect U.S. airports, ports, rail and truck terminals, pipeline terminals, and intermodal facilities.
Since 2022, most projects - 44 percent – were for repair or reconstruction work. An additional 21 percent of funds were used for adding capacity, such as a new lane or major widening, to an existing roadway. Just six percent of funds were invested in new roads or bridges.
While public investments in transportation infrastructure create jobs and generate tax revenue throughout the economy during the construction cycle, infrastructure improvements also foster economic growth and efficiency over many years beyond the initial investment by creating long-lived tangible capital assets.
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that every $1 billion in highway and bridge infrastructure investment supports at least 13,000 jobs throughout the U.S. economy. This includes work in retail, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, food services and other industries.
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