Local Highway Bridge Program

Overview

The local Highway Bridge Program (HBP) is a structural safety program that provides federal-aid to Local Public Agencies to replace, rehabilitate, or perform preventive maintenance work on locally-owned, public highway bridges that have structural deficiencies. To be eligible to receive HBP funds, a bridge must be owned and maintained by a California local public agency, be open to public travel, and be in the National Bridge Inventory. The bridge must also be in Poor Condition, have structural deficiencies and work recommendations identified in a Caltrans bridge inspection report, be seismically vulnerable, be scour critical, or have a Paint Condition Index below 70%.

 

Programming Process

 

Please refer to the Local Assistance Program Guidelines - Highway Bridge Program (PDF) for details on program policies, program procedures, eligibility requirements, and application forms. Caltrans evaluates the candidate projects for eligibility requirements and includes the successful candidate projects into the Highway Bridge Program.

 

Caltrans then produces financially constrained program lists that are forwarded to the MPOs for inclusion into the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement program (FSTIP). Once the projects are included into the FSTIP, local agencies must request authorization to proceed according to the Local Assistance Procedures Manual to be eligible for reimbursement.

 

Local Training

 

• Plan of Action (POA) for scour critical bridges (PDF) (Free Training)
• Supplemental Scour POA training webinar hosted by FHWA. Webinar Link: https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p4a8gbq7ctn/
  and related documents: Scour Critical Bridges (PDF) and LPA-Scour Critical Bridges (PDF)

References

 

• CTC approved escalation rate is 4.89%.  See 2024 STIP Fund Estimate Assumptions (PDF) for more details.
• Adoption of AASHTO LRFD, 8th Edition with CA Amendments (PDF)
• Title 23 United State Codes
• Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations
• Structures Maintenance and Investigations Website
• National Bridge Inventory (NBI) – Coding Guide and Specifications for NBI
• Comparative Bridge Costs (PDF)
• Division of Engineering Services Website
• FHWA site for crash tested roadside barriers, including bridge railings.
• Division of Design – Caltrans Standard Plans and Specifications
• Division of Local Assistance - Implementation Plan for 2023 Caltrans Construction Standards

Help

If you have any questions regarding the HBP, please contact your local District Local Assistance Engineer

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