'We can work together': A rare show of bipartisanship during Biden's visit to Covington

President Joe Biden visited the Covington, Ky., side of the Brent Spence Bridge Wednesday to announce more than $1 billion in funding to build a companion bridge there and revamp the 60-year-old span.

Much of that funding will come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Congress passed last June. That legislation sets aside $40 billion over five years for maintenance of 10 economically significant bridges — including the Brent Spence and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge — as well as another 15,000 smaller bridges across the country.

The Biden administration prioritized funding for the Brent Spence, which carries I-71 and I-75 across the Ohio River, due to its importance as a freight corridor. The Federal Highway Administration says the bridge carries $400 billion in freight a year and is the second-worst bottleneck for trucking in the country.

Biden highlighted the economic importance of the bridge and the bipartisan effort to update the corridor.