The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority is getting $3M in federal funding for repairs to the international bridge to Canada.  The funding is part of the federal infrastructure bill passed last November.

The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge needs major structural repairs to the U.S. and Canadian sections.

The repairs are planned to replace the superstructure of the U.S. plate girder spans 1 to 8, Canadian desk truss spans 18 to 23, and the Canadian plate girder spans 24 to 32, plus cleaning and painting the Canadian plate girder spans 24 to 32, main cables, and the suspender ropes.

OBPA Executive Director Steven J. Lawrence told the Watertown Daily News that the total cost for all of those repairs is would be over $100 million.

Over 800,000 vehicles and $4 billion in goods cross the bridge each year making it an important part of the North Country economy.