US Government Invests More Than $2.4 Billion in State Railroad, Bridge Improvements

Illinois will receive more than $157 million for its Springfield Rail Improvements Project.

A Norfolk Southern freight train rolls through downtown Pittsburgh on March 26, 2018. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced a federal investment of more than $2.4 billion in state rail and bridge upgrades throughout the country.

The funding will come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and go into 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington.