Bridgeport Receives $24.6 Million Federal RAISE Grant to Replace Congress Street Bridge, Total Federal Funding Reaches $26.9 Million
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, United States. Mayor Ganim announced on November 13 that the City of Bridgeport has received $24.6 million for the replacement of the Congress Street Bridge, located in the downtown area of the city.
The funding was received from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program.
With the RAISE grant included, the total federal funding for the Congress Street Bridge replacement now stands at $26.9 million. The mayor thanked Congressman Jim Himes, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Senator Chris Murphy for their advocacy in securing the final funding for the project through the grant selection process.
I want to thank Congressman Jim Himes, Senator Chris Murphy, and Senator Richard Blumenthal for their steadfast advocacy to secure final funding for this project, Mayor Ganim stated. After thirty years, the Congress Street Bridge will finally reconnect the bustling East Side and Downtown neighborhoods and will increase public safety response times. The City of Bridgeport is prepared to get to work and ensure this project is completed expeditiously.
The RAISE program allows project sponsors, including state and local governments, to pursue multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to fund through other grant programs. RAISE grants are awarded to eligible surface transportation projects that will have a significant local or regional impact.
The grant was first announced as selected in January 2025 by Connecticut Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Representative Jim Himes; the city restated the total funding and project terms on November 13.
Bridgeport is one of Connecticut's largest cities, on the shore of Long Island Sound. The city's announcement covers the funding award; a construction timetable for the replacement bridge is to follow as the project moves from funding into delivery.
Source: City of Bridgeport
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Photo: 图：Bridgeport 市中心与滨水区，Congress Street Bridge 位于该市市中心区。来源：Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Downtown Bridgeport and its waterfront; the Congress Street Bridge is in the downtown area. Credit: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
