Recipient of federal assistance · NASHVILLE, TN

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $1.4B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 2,688 actions, −17% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $8.3B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($1.3B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.4B
New awards
846
Actions
2,688
Since FY2021
$8.3B
UEI
ML56NPH3NFF9
Location
NASHVILLE, TN
State and local governments
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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. 1.2BFY2021
  2. 1.2BFY2022
  3. 1.4BFY2023
  4. 1.5BFY2024
  5. 1.6BFY2025
  6. 1.4BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.4B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$427.2M31%
  2. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$404.8M30%
  3. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$227.2M17%
  4. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$53.5M3.9%
  5. 20.278 · National Highway Freight Program (NHFP)$38.1M2.8%
  6. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$37.4M2.7%
  7. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$28.4M2.1%
  8. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$26.2M1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$1.3B94%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$52M3.8%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Railroad Administration$23.7M1.7%
    Department of Transportation
  4. Federal Transit Administration$13M0.9%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: I-55 AT CRUMP BOULEVARD IN MEMPHIS - MODIFY INTERCHANGE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-55 AT CRUMP BOULEVARD IN MEMPHIS…$103.7M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Feb 11, 2022 – Nov 25, 2025· 693JJ22230000Y001TN0551119
  2. PROJECT TITLE: I-40, DONELSON PIKE INTERCHANGE (INCLUDES DONELSON PIKE RELOCATION FROM TAXIWAY BRIDGES OVER DONELSON PIKE TO I-40) -MODIFY…$103.2M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 7, 2022 – Jan 15, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001TN0405146
  3. PROJECT TITLE: SR-268, FROM SR-1 (US 41/70S) TO SR-10 - WIDEN :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: WIDEN SR-268 (THOMPSON LANE) FROM 2 TO 5 LANES…$78.9M
    20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y240TN0268004
  4. PROJECT TITLE: SR-109 PROP (PORTLAND BYPASS), FROM SR-52, WEST OF PORTLAND, TO EXISTING SR-109, NORTH OF PORTLAND (IA) - NEW CONSTRUCTION…$77.4M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jul 10, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025· 693JJ22530000Y001TN0109041
  5. PROJECT TITLE: I40-FROM NEAR MM 440 TO NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE (HURRICANE HELENE) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: EMERGENCY WORK AS TEAMS PREP…$74M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Jan 27, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· 693JJ22540000ER05TN0408192
  6. PROJECT TITLE: WETLAND AND STREAM MITIGATION (FY 2021 - FY 2031) - STATEWIDE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: WETLAND AND STREAM MITIGATION (FY…$69M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 12, 2022 – Jul 13, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y240TN9900147

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: $24M (95 subawards)

39 sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF SHELBYVILLE$6.4M27%
    SHELBYVILLE, TN · 7 subawards
  2. CITY OF LEWISBURG$4.8M20%
    LEWISBURG, TN · 2 subawards
  3. SUMNER, COUNTY OF$1.7M7.0%
    GALLATIN, TN · 4 subawards
  4. JACKSON MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY$1.5M6.2%
    JACKSON, TN · 2 subawards
  5. CITY OF ELIZABETHTON$1M4.3%
    ELIZABETHTON, TN · 4 subawards
  6. COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD$675K2.8%
    SMYRNA, TN · 1 subaward
  7. BENTON COUNTY$646.4K2.7%
    CAMDEN, TN · 6 subawards
  8. MILLINGTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY$560.2K2.3%
    MILLINGTON, TN · 6 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF GIBSON$496.9K2.1%
    TRENTON, TN · 6 subawards
  10. MAURY, COUNTY OF$487.6K2.0%
    COLUMBIA, TN · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $13.4M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY$13.4M100%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $132.7M paid out · $880.5K received
  • FY2022: $41.8M paid out · $98.6K received
  • FY2023: $58.2M paid out · $612.8K received
  • FY2024: $34.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $32.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $24M paid out · $13.4M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.