[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR650.405]

[Page 235]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 650_BRIDGES, STRUCTURES, AND HYDRAULICS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart D_Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
 
Sec. 650.405  Eligible projects.

    (a) General. Deficient highway bridges on all public roads may be 
eligible for replacement or rehabilitation.
    (b) Types of projects which are eligible. The following types of 
work are eligible for participation in the Highway Bridge Replacement 
and Rehabilitation Program (HBRRP), hereinafter known as the bridge 
program.
    (1) Replacement. Total replacement of a structurally deficient or 
functionally obsolete bridge with a new facility constructed in the same 
general traffic corridor. A nominal amount of approach work, sufficient 
to connect the new facility to the existing roadway or to return the 
gradeline to an attainable touchdown point in accordance with good 
design practice is also eligible. The replacement structure must meet 
the current geometric, construction and structural standards required 
for the types and volume of projected traffic on the facility over its 
design life.
    (2) Rehabilitation. The project requirements necessary to perform 
the major work required to restore the structural integrity of a bridge 
as well as work necessary to correct major safety defects are eligible 
except as noted under ineligible work. Bridges to be rehabilitated both 
on or off the F-A System shall, as a minimum, conform with the 
provisions of 23 CFR part 625, Design Standards for Federal-aid 
Highways, for the class of highway on which the bridge is a part.
    (c) Ineligible work. Except as otherwise prescribed by the 
Administrator, the costs of long approach fills, causeways, connecting 
roadways, interchanges, ramps, and other extensive earth structures, 
when constructed beyond the attainable touchdown point, are not eligible 
under the bridge program.