families, churches and businesses. we re going to use the infrastructure investment to recorrect communities. one thing i m certain of. everyone knows what i m talking about. people have written me about bridges they depend on. one man told me the bridge he traveled on every day is a tragedy waiting to happen. one woman wrote that a bridge near the center of her town had to be closed. and now she now drivers and tourists bypass downtown, kwons kwently devastating local businesses. one wrote to me saying, quote, this is your chance to show the people in my area that they matter to you, end of quote. i hear you. i hear you. you do matter to me. and we are going to get it done. my infrastructure law includes a total of 40 billion in funding for bridge improvements. 12.5 billion of that is going to replace the most economically significant bridges in the country. these are bridges like and i ve seen them.