Demolition of the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in November 2025. The Baltimore bridge was struck by a cargo ship in 2024, causing its collapse and killing six workers on the bridge.
Key Bridge Rebuild
The U.S. Department of Transportation will inject $1.6 billion for emergency repairs on roads and bridges.
The new allocation will go to projects in 34 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Around $874 million will go to North Carolina to continue repairing damage from Hurricane Helene, which struck in 2024.
Key allocations beyond North Carolina include:
- $167 million to Maryland toward repairing damage caused by the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
- $70 million to Tennessee for damage from Hurricane Helene.
- $8 million to Georgia to repair roads and drainage structures damaged by ice storms in the Chattahoochee and Oconee national forests in January 2026.
- $10 million to Alabama toward repairing damage from heavy rains and flooding in the Talladega National Forest, Tuskegee National Forecast and Poarch Band of Creek Indian Reservation in April 2025.
- $15 million to Arizona for wildfires that occurred in July 2026.
- $16 million to Guam for the effects of Typhoon Sinlaku that hit in April 2026.
- $22 million to Puerto Rico toward repairing damage from Hurricane Fiona in September 2022.
- $27 million to California for damage caused by heavy rains, damaging winds and severe flooding in February 2023.
- $76 million to Hawaii for flooding that occurred in March 2026 after severe Kona low storms.
USDOT previously released $1.9 billion for disaster relief in July, half of which went to repair lingering damage from Hurricane Helene.
