The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Jan. 23 it would be spending $400 million on upgrades and safety measures for California’s Golden Gate Bridge.
“We’re investing $400 million to replace, retrofit, and install critical structural elements on the Golden Gate Bridge that will make it more resilient during earthquakes and ensure commuters and businesses alike can continue to rely on it,” the department said in a statement posted on Twitter.
And it awarded three more grants—with 1.385 billion allocated to rehabilitate and reconfigure the Brent Spence Bridge in Kentucky; $158 million given to improve the northbound structure of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge in Connecticut; and $144 million to upgrade four bridges over the Calumet River on the southside of Chicago….