The federal Department of Transportation on Monday awarded Amtrak the final funding it needed to replace the 116-year-old railroad bridge that carries trains over the Connecticut River between Old Lyme and Old Saybrook. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and take five years to complete. The project is estimated to cost $957 million and the existing bridge eventually will be demolished. The $826.6 million award announced Monday is part of what President Joe Biden described in a tweet as the largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak: A total of $16.4 billion for 25 passenger rail improvement projects along the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C., the busiest passenger rail corridor in the country. It is one of nine projects that will upgrade railways in the state. The projects are funded by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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