The Highway bill in Action

Real investments strengthening communities across America

Infrastructure Dollars at Work

Connecting Missouri and Illinois:
Replacing the Don Welge Memorial Bridge

Missouri and Illinois’ Mississippi Lifeline

Updating the Don Welge Memorial Bridge — connecting Perry County, Missouri and Chester, Illinois — is about more than concrete and steel; it’s about keeping opportunity, safety, and prosperity flowing across the Mississippi for generations to come. The $284 million investment will help families stay connected, businesses thrive and enable first responders to reach those in need, regardless of the weather or time of day.
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Replacing the 80-year-old bridge means:

More reliable travel for the 7,000 vehicles daily — including 1,750 commercial trucks.

Improving safety with wider lanes, full-width shoulders, and features that better accommodate heavy trucks, school buses, and ambulances.  

More resilient community that keeps traffic flowing during high water and eliminating costly detours and delays.

Supporting a $100 billion agricultural industry by facilitating goods movement.

Construction workers in safety gear working on tall cylindrical steel rebar structures supported by bright red scaffolding with leafless trees in the background.
State badge: Missouri
Project type: Bridge replacement
I-95 North Carolina

Transforming a North Carolina Lifeline: Widening I-95 for Emergencies, Agriculture, and Families

With daily traffic already exceeding 68,000 vehicles — and projected to rise by nearly 50% by 2040 — the $430 million I-95 Widening Project is a crucial update to a regional lifeline that will relieve daily congestion, improve safety and resiliency, and ensure reliable access to jobs, schools, and essential services for rural and urban communities alike.

This project will transform I-95 by:

Protecting evacuation routes so that residents can get to safety during hurricanes and heavy storms and expedites emergency response.

Supporting local businesses and the growing agricultural and manufacturing sectors.  

Improving North Carolina’s resiliency by elevating the highway and modernizing drainage, protecting the region from costly closures, like those experienced during Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.

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State badge: North Carolina
Project type: Interstate expansion
I-35 Capital Express Central

Connecting Texas: Reimagining Austin’s I-35 Corridor

The I-35 Capital Express Central Project is transforming one of the nation’s most congested and dangerous highways, making travel safer and more reliable for nearly 200,000 daily drivers, emergency responders, and freight operators in Austin and across Texas. Once complete, this project will boost regional competitiveness, enhance community resilience in the face of natural disasters and emergencies, and keep Central Texas moving forward for generations to come. With a $4.5 billion investment, the I-35 Capital Express Central Project supports thousands of construction jobs and strengthens the backbone of Texas’s $1.2 trillion economy.

This I-35 update enables:

Reduced traffic and improved commute times with high-occupancy vehicle lanes, upgraded interchanges.

Safer roads with reduced crashes and faster access for emergency vehicles and improved resilience against high water that safeguards vital emergency evacuation routes.

Improved access to jobs, smoother deliveries, and new opportunities for growth.

State badge: Texas
Project type: Interstate
SR400 Atlanta

Georgia on the Move: Transforming the SR 400 Corridor

The SR 400 Express Lanes Project in Atlanta is giving more than 250,000 daily commuters, freight operators, and families a faster, safer route through one of the region’s busiest corridors. Financed through a public-private partnership, the $7.5 billion project delivers major infrastructure improvements sooner and maintains them for decades, while shifting the full financial burden off of taxpayers.

With 16 miles of new express lanes and integrated Bus Rapid Transit, the project will:

Help drivers and transit riders avoid gridlock, save over 19,000 hours in travel delays each day, and improve access to jobs and businesses across Fulton and Forsyth counties.

Ensure more reliable travel and smoother deliveries for local employers, freight carriers, and emergency responders.

Improve travel commutes and transit connections with dynamic toll pricing and dedicated BRT lanes.

Multiple cars driving on a highway with a sign reading 'Shoulder Lane Ends 1/2 Mile' and another indicating 'Exit 6 Northridge Rd Exit 1 Mile'.
State badge: Georgia
Project type: Interstate, toll road upgrade

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