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Did President Biden give Wisconsin and Michigan $6 billion to improve a bridge to Canada?

By Tom Kertscher
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President Joe Biden visited Wisconsin on Jan. 25, 2024, to tout $1 billion his administration allocated to replace the John A. Blatnik Bridge.

The 1.5-mile bridge, built in 1961, runs over a Lake Superior tributary and connects the port cities of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota.

Three days before Biden’s visit, the states' governors announced they would receive the U.S. Transportation Department money for the work.

The $1 billion is part of nearly $5 billion in funding for 37 transportation projects around the U.S. that Biden announced.

The money is from the Biden-led 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law.

The law includes $1.2 trillion in new and previously approved spending and adds $256 billion to the federal deficit, according to the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense.

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AP News Biden returns to a deteriorating Wisconsin bridge for an election-year pitch on policy achievements
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Wisconsin Department of Transportation I-535 and US 53 (Blatnik Bridge), Superior to Duluth, Minn.
White House FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Nearly $5 Billion for Major Transportation Projects Nationwide
Department of Corrections Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Taxpayers for Common Sense The True Costs of the $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
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