On March 18, 2020, DCR announced that they were awarded a federal grant of $18.8 million to refurbish three moveable bridges (the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Lift Bridge near Middletown, Delaware, the Seaford moveable bridge in Seaford, Delaware, and the Cassatt moveable bridge in Pocomoke City, Maryland), upgrade over 100 miles of track along their main line, and improve nine grade crossings in Delaware and Maryland.