Department of Transportation · Transportation
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Loans
Federal credit assistance (secured loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit) for major surface-transportation projects. Loans up to 49% of eligible project costs at U.S. Treasury rate. Cities use TIFIA to finance large transit, highway, bridge, and port projects.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $10M – $1B
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Continuous letter-of-interest process via Build America Bureau.
- Typical prep time
- 16–36 weeks
- Statutory authority
- TIFIA (23 U.S.C. §601 et seq.)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Loan, not grant. Project must be ≥$10M (≥$50M typical). Long-tenor financing at very low rates. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.