Congressman Sam Graves, (MO-06), Ranking Member for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced that the Grand River Bridge Resiliency Project has received a RAISE Transportation Discretionary Grant.

The RAISE Grant program was previously called the BUILD Grant program before being renamed earlier this year. This funding was approved by Congress last year and signed into law by President Trump.

According to a press release, the $17,250,000 grant will fund the replacement of the Grand River Railroad Bridge west of Brunswick. The bridge was destroyed in October 2019 when struck by debris during flooding.

Graves says, “This new bridge is a big deal for Brunswick and the entire region. It’s going to ensure continued railroad access to the port west of Brunswick, the largest multi-modal facility on the Missouri River. That’s even more important with the recent Marine Highway Project designation to initiate container-on-barge shipping on the Missouri River to Brunswick.”

Officials say in August, MoDOT received one of six Marine Highway Project designations from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD).