The Bridge Division (BRG) conducts annual program calls for each of the funding programs. The annual calls consist of validating the current fiscal year’s projects plus revisiting the programming of the four future plan development years. The projects programmed within the first two years are included in the department's 12-month and 24-month letting schedules. The following three years are considered to be in the plan development stage. All projects are authorized for construction letting for their respective years, and all project letting dates are subject to change based on changing conditions, including the funding of emergency projects, fiscal funding constraints, and overall project development concerns/needs.

The Bridge Division coordinates with the Financial Management Division and the Transportation Planning and Programming Division to ensure the Category 6 approved projects are placed into their respective work programs; fiscal funding levels are met; project work type and descriptions are aligned with the appropriate funding program; and project UTP priorities and rankings are consistent across the entire category of funds.

Development Authority for Category 6 (6DA) allows eligible Category 6 projects, that are not on the current UTP Category 6 program’s five-year plan, to be authorized for plan development. These projects must be approved by the Bridge Division to be added to 6DA. Once they are ready to let (RTL), 6DA projects can be used to fill funding gaps within the current fiscal year.