The US Senate has approved a US$286.5 billion highway and transit construction bill. President George Bush will now sign the bill which sets out guaranteed amounts for thousands of projects over six years. Funding earmarked for bridges includes US$100 million for replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge in California, US$200 million for repairs to bridges on Interstate 5 in Oregon and an additional US$46 million towards the projected US$1 billion cost of a new Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge on Interstate 95.