OHIO — In President Joe Biden's second State of the Union address Tuesday night, he highlighted the Brent Spence Bridge between Cincinnati and Kentucky, as well as the Intel facility coming to Columbus as examples in his speech.

"We used to be No. 1 in the world in infrastructure, then we fell to No. 13," Biden said. "Now we’re coming back because we came together to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the largest investment in infrastructure since President Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System."

So far, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has funded more than 20,000 projects, Biden said. One of them is the Brent Spence Bridge project. 

Earlier in January, the Biden-Harris administration allocated $1.385 billion for improvements to the Brent Spence Bridge project to improve interstate and local traffic flow. It's the first round of Large Bridge Grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's competitive Bridge Investment Program. The project also received the Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant, which provided $250 million, meaning the project received more than $1.6 billion for improvements. 

"Major projects like the Brent Spence Bridge between Kentucky and Ohio over the Ohio River. Built 60 years ago. Badly in need of repairs," Biden said. "One of the nation’s most congested freight routes carrying $2 billion worth of freight every day. Folks have been talking about fixing it for decades, but we’re finally going to get it done."

He also gave a shout out to Saria Gwin-Maye, a Cincinnati resident of Ironworkers Local 44, who was invited by the White House. 

"For 30 years, (Saria has) been a proud member of Ironworkers Local 44, known as the 'cowboys of the sky' who built the Cincinnati skyline," Biden said. "Saria said she can’t wait to be 10 stories above the Ohio River building that new bridge. God bless her. That’s pride."

On a separate note, he also mentioned the new $20 billion Intel facility that's going to be in Columbus. He called it the "field of dreams," using it as an example of creating more manufacturing jobs and "making sure the supply chain for America begins in America."

"Outside of Columbus, Ohio, Intel is building semiconductor factories on a thousand acres – a literal field of dreams," Biden said. "That’ll create 10,000 jobs. 7,000 construction jobs. 3,000 jobs once the factories are finished. Jobs paying $130,000 a year, and many don’t require a college degree."

Last fall, Biden came to the Buckeye State and said not only is the facility an investment for Ohio, but for the nation. He said America invented the semiconductor, but today produces only about 10% of the world’s supply. Instead, we rely on East Asia for 75% of global production, according to the White House. 

For a full recap of Biden's State of the Union address, click here.