Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBUS, OH

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $3B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 5,282 actions, +32% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $14.1B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($2.9B).

Assistance · FY2026
$3B
New awards
2,129
Actions
5,282
Since FY2021
$14.1B
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Location
COLUMBUS, OH
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.8BFY2021
  2. 2BFY2022
  3. 2.6BFY2023
  4. 2.4BFY2024
  5. 2.3BFY2025
  6. 3BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$3B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$851.8M28%
  2. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$584.6M19%
  3. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$521.7M17%
  4. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$450.4M15%
  5. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$129.8M4.3%
  6. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$104.4M3.5%
  7. 20.277 · National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure$68.2M2.3%
  8. 20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program$60.8M2.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$2.9B97%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Transit Administration$82M2.7%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE CORRIDOR :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE CORRIDOR…$400M
    20.264 · Bridge Investment Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y175OHE220165
  2. PROJECT TITLE: BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE CORRIDOR :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE CORRIDOR…$400M
    20.264 · Bridge Investment Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y181OHE220165
  3. PROJECT TITLE: CUY IR 090 16.28 CCG3A :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: IR-90 IN THE CENTRAL INTERCHANGE FROM E.9TH TO CARNEGIE; INCLUDES CARNEGIE…$115.8M
    20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 6, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y001OHE070586
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: ORIGINAL AMENDMENTS:TO SUPPORT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF TRANSIT SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICE TO THE RURAL…$81.9M
    20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 9, 2025 – May 29, 2026· OH-2025-021
  5. PROJECT TITLE: CUY IR 090 06.83 MAJOR REHAB :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CUYAHOGA COUNTY. REPLACE THE EXISTING PAVEMENT ALONG I-90 FROM THE…$73.7M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 19, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001OHE040090
  6. PROJECT TITLE: MAD/PIC-71-7.30/0.00 :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: MAD IR 71 MAJOR REHABILITATION$59.1M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 12, 2022 – Jul 23, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001OHE190542

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $477.4M (947 subawards)

299 sub-recipients

  1. COLUMBUS, CITY OF$27.8M5.8%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 10 subawards
  2. CITY OF CINCINNATI$19.5M4.1%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 19 subawards
  3. HOCKING.ATHENS.PERRY COMMUNITY ACTION$19.1M4.0%
    GLOUSTER, OH · 19 subawards
  4. COUNTY OF FRANKLIN$17M3.6%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 13 subawards
  5. CUYAHOGA COUNTY$16.1M3.4%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 4 subawards
  6. CITY OF AKRON$13M2.7%
    AKRON, OH · 13 subawards
  7. CITY OF TOLEDO$12.3M2.6%
    TOLEDO, OH · 9 subawards
  8. CITY OF ATHENS$10.5M2.2%
    ATHENS, OH · 10 subawards
  9. CITY OF GREEN$8.9M1.9%
    UNIONTOWN, OH · 5 subawards
  10. CITY OF LAKEWOOD$8.8M1.8%
    LAKEWOOD, OH · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3,778 (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. TRANSPORTATION OHIO DEPARTMENT OF$3,778100%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $26.1M paid out · $791.7K received
  • FY2022: $256.1M paid out · $355K received
  • FY2023: $795.2M paid out · $4.1M received
  • FY2024: $519.6M paid out · $2M received
  • FY2025: $586.4M paid out · $178.8K received
  • FY2026: $477.4M paid out · $3,778 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.