The U.S. Department of Transportation "Mega" grant will pay a chunk of the cost, last estimated at more than $400 million, of tearing the old bridge down and building a new one. The Mega grant program is funded by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Rhode Island is set to receive over $125 million in federal grant money to help replace the Washington Bridge.

Rhode Island will receive $125 million in federal funding toward replacing the westbound side of the Washington Bridge.