Department of Transportation federal obligations

$415 billion on 151,734 transportation awards

The exact obligation total is $415,288,372,621.56. Divided by 151,734 awards, the implied mean is about $2.74 million per award. Formula grants to states and large construction contracts pull that average up; smaller research and operating awards pull it down. The packet does not publish a median or a modal award size.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. Multi-year highway and transit vehicles can remain open across fiscal years, so the $415,288,372,621.56 book is not a single construction season’s cash.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 151,734 awards at a mean near $2.74 million fit formula grants and construction vehicles rather than millions of tiny loans. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as multi-year highway and transit vehicles remain open inside FY 2026.

CGAC 069 as the DOT awarding-agency code

USAspending uses CGAC 069 for the Department of Transportation as awarding agency. SpendingVault’s hub is /agencies/069/. Operating administrations may appear on child records while still summing into $415,288,372,621.56. The 151,734 count is a record count, not a count of bridges, runway projects, or transit agencies.

Obligation timing versus construction outlays

Infrastructure awards often obligate when a grant is signed and outlay as invoices are paid over years. The $415,288,372,621.56 USAspending total captures the obligation side through FY 2026. Matching it to a highway trust-fund outlay table will produce a different number even when both sources are correct. This guide does not invent an outlay figure.

Researchers sometimes treat an agency obligation total as cash already paid. For Department of Transportation, that reading is wrong. Highway trust-fund outlays, a count of bridges, or a single infrastructure-law year belong in other publications. The USAspending figure on this hub remains an obligation sum through FY 2026. Multi-year highway and transit vehicles remain open inside FY 2026.

State tables and place of performance

DOT’s state breakout follows place-of-performance geography. A nationwide research contract coded to headquarters can sit in one state while formula grants spread across many. Use the geography view to see how $415,288,372,621.56 is labeled; the parent award population is 151,734 through FY 2026.

Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete economic-impact model. On this agency, a nationwide research contract coded to headquarters can sit beside formula grants spread across states. Read the state table after the agency hub, not instead of it. Read CGAC 069 dollars and the 151,734 count together before comparing DOT to assistance shops.

Comparing DOT on the all-agencies list

Rank $415,288,372,621.56 only against other obligation totals from this extract and the same FY 2026 cap. Pair the dollar rank with the 151,734 award count. The hub does not endorse any project or score pavement condition.

The all-agencies list is useful only inside this extract’s obligation definition and FY 2026 cap. 151,734 awards at a mean near $2.74 million fit formula grants and construction vehicles rather than millions of tiny loans. Ranking on dollars alone hides that mix. Read CGAC 069 dollars and the 151,734 count together before comparing DOT to assistance shops.

Obligation timing on transportation awards

Infrastructure grants often obligate at award and outlay as invoices arrive. The $415,288,372,621.56 USAspending total is the obligation side through FY 2026 on 151,734 records. A trust-fund outlay table for the same years will not match.

The hub does not score pavement condition. It reports CGAC 069, $415,288,372,621.56, 151,734 awards, and a FY 2026 cap. The state table follows place-of-performance fields on those records. CGAC 069 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/069/. The award population is 151,734 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays. CGAC 069 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/069/. The award population is 151,734 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays.

Questions

How much has DOT obligated on USAspending through FY 2026?

The Department of Transportation total in this extract is $415,288,372,621.56 across 151,734 awards tagged to CGAC 069. That sum is an obligation figure from USAspending.gov, not a highway trust-fund outlay and not a count of construction projects.

What is awarding-agency code 069?

CGAC 069 is the USAspending awarding-agency identifier for the Department of Transportation. SpendingVault’s DOT page is keyed to that code. The $415,288,372,621.56 obligation total and 151,734 award count roll up rows carrying 069 through FY 2026.

Is the DOT total a single year’s infrastructure bill?

No. The $415,288,372,621.56 figure is a cumulative obligation sum through fiscal year 2026 on 151,734 awards. Multi-year grants can span the window. Enacted authorization bills are a separate publication.

Where is Transportation spending shown by state?

The state table from the CGAC 069 agency hub uses place-of-performance fields on the same USAspending extract. Those rows still sit under $415,288,372,621.56 and 151,734 awards through FY 2026.