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Examples of other freight and port-related infra-
structure projects receiving TIGER VI grants include:
Hanover Street Bridge Plan for $1,100,000 – City of
Baltimore (MD), to create a corridor plan to identify
feasible methods of rehabilitating or replacing the Ha-
nover Street Bridge, a nearly 100-year-old bridge that
connects the City of Baltimore to the Port of Baltimore.
The New England Central Railroad Freight Rail Project
for $8,183,563 – Connecticut Department of Trans-
portation, to complete state of good repair improve-
ments and upgrade of rail and track infrastructure
to accommodate national standard 286,000-pound
gross weight rail freight cars on the 55 miles of track
running through the municipalities of New London,
Waterford, Montville, Norwich, Franklin, Lebanon,
Windham, Mansfield, Willington and Stafford, in east-
ern Connecticut.
Long Bridge National Environmental Policy Act for
$2,800,000 – District of Columbia Department of
Transportation, to prepare for the long term replace-
ment of the CSX-owned Long Bridge over the Potomac
River.
The Northeastern NC Rail Improvement Project for
$5,800,000 – North Carolina Department of Trans-
portation, to rehabilitate portions of a 52-mile rail cor-
ridor to allow for the operation of 286,000-pound rail
cars along its length, including installation of new rail,
rehabilitation of four highway grade crossings, and
roadbed resurfacing.
Sarah Mildred Long Bridge Project for $25,000,000 –
Maine Department of Transportation, to help fund re-
placement of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge between
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