Bridge Formula Program — CFDA 20.263

Bridge formula obligations at $2.38 billion

USAspending.gov records $2,381,489,671.54 in obligations under CFDA 20.263. One thousand seven hundred twelve awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $1.39 million per award — smaller than a typical statewide allocation and consistent with project-level or obligation-year rows inside a formula program. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical bridge-replacement cost.

The assistance-listing title is BRIDGE FORMULA PROGRAM. CFDA 20.263 is the identifier. Other Federal Highway Administration listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $2.38 billion. Combining those codes would invent a combined highway total this packet does not contain.

51 recipients, 51 states, many award rows

Fifty-one recipients share 1,712 awards, or about 33.6 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $2.38 billion evenly would assign about $46.7 million per recipient. That density is the formula-plus-projects pattern: one named state or territorial DOT, dozens of assistance rows. The packet does not list the 51. Recipient count is the organizational headcount on the federal award, not a census of bridges or contractors.

Fifty-one jurisdictions in the geographic count match the recipient headcount. That alignment is the signature of a nationwide formula. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table and will still vary by allocation, not by equal shares.

Award count is not a bridge count

Among highway listings, 20.263 is a high-row file relative to its 51 recipients: 1,712 awards. Project-level rows and amendments can inflate award count relative to unique structures. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of bridges repaired.” Recipients (51) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (1,712) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report deck area, structurally deficient counts, or lane-miles. Citing 1,712 as bridges would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus construction outlays

The $2.38 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Bridge Formula Program awards — are not in the packet. A state DOT can show a large obligation stock while construction follows a multi-year calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 20.263 to size this Bridge Formula Program listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a bridge-inventory dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 20.263.

What the 20.263 tables omit

The Bridge Formula Program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a National Bridge Inventory extract, not a contractor directory, and not a construction-progress report. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $2,381,489,671.54. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 1,712 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 51 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already spent on steel or labor.

Where the 20.263 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 20.263 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other transportation listings. For 20.263 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 20.263’s 1,712 awards spread $2,381,489,671.54 across 51 recipients and 51 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 33.6 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards. Read 20.263 as a formula-plus-projects book: 51 DOTs, 51 states, and 1,712 rows — about 33.6 awards per recipient. The $2.38 billion remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov, not a bridge inventory.

Questions

How much is obligated for the Bridge Formula Program?

USAspending.gov records $2,381,489,671.54 in obligations for CFDA 20.263. SpendingVault indexes 1,712 awards, 51 recipients, and 51 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a bridge count. CFDA 20.263’s $2.38 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 20.263 carry?

The listing shows 1,712 awards against 51 recipients, or about 33.6 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $1.39 million per award. Award count is not a bridge count. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 20.263 awards?

The extract lists 51 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 20.263, typically state and territorial DOTs. Geographic coding covers 51 states. The packet does not name the 51 or publish bridge inventories.

Is $2.38 billion already spent on bridge construction?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 20.263’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or bridges completed. The $2.38 billion on 1,712 awards is the obligation figure.