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Browse All Approved Stimulus Highway Projects

Road and bridge projects are expected to make up one of the biggest chunks of the jobs created in the stimulus package. Below, you’ll find a chart of more than 5,800 projects that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Once given the green light, states can put the projects out to bid, contract them and begin construction work. So far, about 2,300 projects are under way.

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State County Project Number Project Description Improvement Type ARRA Funds Obligated
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5336012 STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN DOWNEY AVENUE FROM ROSECRANS AVENUE TO GARDENDALE STREET IN THE CITIES OF PARAMOUNT AND DOWNEY AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT GARFIELD AVENUE AND HOWERY STREET IN THE CITIES Pavement Improvement $900,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5336013 ROSECRANS AVE: GARFIELD AVE TO ORANGE AVE . , ARHM OVERLAY AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS Pavement Improvement $550,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5336014 Improvements in Somerset Boulevard from Orange Avenue to LA River and Orange Avenue from Alondra Boulevard to Jackson Street - resurface pavement, concrete repairs, curb ramps, signing and striping, t Pavement Improvement $250,000
CALIFORNIA ORANGE 5338041 Brookhurst St Improvements from Hazard Avenue to Bolsa Avenue Pavement Improvement $813,214
CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA 5339001 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $94,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5345005 GLADSTONE STREET FROM IRWINDALE AVENUE TO THE EAST CITY LIMIT. STREET REHABILITATION INCLUDING GRINDING OF THE ENTIRE STREET, REMOVE AND REPLACE BASE MATERIAL AND OVERLAY WITH NEW ASPHALT PAVEMENT, RE Pavement Improvement $500,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5346009 HUNTINGTON DR.CITY OF DUARTE EAST CL/WEST CL , STREET REHABILITATION Pavement Improvement $679,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5347032 REHABILITATE FRONT STREET FROM SAN ANTONIO DRIVE TO ROSECRANS AVENUE. Pavement Improvement $500,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5347034 REHABILITATE STUDEBAKER ROAD FROM IMPERIAL HIGHWAY TO ALONDRA BOULEVARD. Pavement Improvement $2,086,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5348016 REHABILITATION OF DOWNEY AVENUE, NORTH CITY LIMIT TO SOUTH CITY LIMIT. Pavement Improvement $608,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5348018 Construct a raised, landscaped center island median in Artesia Blvd. from Lakewood Blvd. to Downey Avenue. Transportation Enhancements $1,275,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5348019 WEST BRANCH GREENWAY MULTI-MODAL TRANS. CORRIDOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT 2.5 MILE CLASS I BIKE PATH ALONG MTA-OWNED SANTA ANA BRANCH ROW INCL. PEDESTRIAN AND LANDSCAPING (3145) Pavement Improvement $700,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5349005 STREET RESURFACING ON PALOS VERDES DRIVE NORTH BETWEEN CRENSHAW BLVD. AND SUNNYFIELD LANE. Safety/Traffic Management $120,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5349006 INSTALL LED INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED STREET NAME SIGNS CITYWIDE Safety/Traffic Management $100,000
CALIFORNIA SAN MATEO 5350016 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $677,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5351017 BEVERLY BLVD. PAVEMENT REHABILITATION, TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION & LANDSCAPE MEDIAN WITH RECYCLED-RECLAIMED WATER FOR IRRIGATION. Pavement Improvement $1,960,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5353005 Nogales Street from southerly city limit to Amar. Rehabilitate pavement section and replace damaged curb and gutter. Pavement Improvement $951,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5355021 SOUTH STREET PEDESTRIAN BIKEWAY AND TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. PROJECT PROPOSES TO INSTALL LANDSCAPED MEDIANS, TREES, TRANSIT STOP SHELTERS/BENCHES, REPLACE EXISTING HIGH VOLTAGE ENERGY INEFFICIENT CONSUM Transportation Enhancements $500,000
CALIFORNIA SAN MATEO 5357005 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $210,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5360008 THE PROJECT WILL MAKE VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO ROSECRANS AVENUE FROM INGLEWOOD AVENUE AND PRAIRIE AVENUE, A LENGTH OF ONE MILE. WORK INCLUDES TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS; TRAFFIC SIGNING AND S Pavement Improvement $987,000
CALIFORNIA MARIN 5361022 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $1,062,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5362014 THIS PROJECT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GARFIELD AVENUE AND SLAUSON AVENUE AND IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE RECONSTRUCTING THE INTERSECTION IN CONCRETE, NEW CURB AND GUTTER, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND STRIP Pavement Improvement $500,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5364005 Stage Road from Alondra Boulevard to east City Limit. Selective Reconstruction of Curb and Gutter. Selective reconstruction of asphalt paving. Rubberized asphalt overlay. Installation and reconstru Pavement Improvement $1,435,979
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5364006 LA MIRADA BOULEVARD FROM OAKWOOD LANE TO LEFFINGWELL ROAD. SELECTIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF CURB AND GUTTER AND ASPHALT PAVEMENT. INSTALLATION OF AN RUBBERIZED ASPHALT OVERLAY. Pavement Improvement $34,021
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5365003 NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON TEMPLE CITY BLVD. AT ELLIS LANE: INSTALLATION OF A NEW SIGNAL. COMPONENTS INCLUDE POLES, SIGNAL HEADS, CONTROL BOXES, WARNING SIGNAGE, AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. Safety/Traffic Management $176,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5367006 SAN DIMAS AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION AND LANDSCAPE MEDIAN Pavement Improvement $1,085,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5369008 LIVE OAT STREET STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT FROM WILCOX AVENUE TO SALT LAKE AVENUE. THE PROJECT CONSIST IN AN STREET RECONSTRUCTION, CURB, GUTTER AND CURB REPLACEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS CONCRETE WORK Pavement Improvement $764,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5373012 CITYWIDE STREET REHABILITATION: LOCAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING; COMPLETION OF CONCRETE SIDEWALK REPAIRS; CONCRETE ADA RAMPS; CONCRETE TRANSIT BUS PADS Pavement Improvement $450,975
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5373013 CITYWIDE STREET OVERLAY: RAC OVERLAY OF STREETS. Pavement Improvement $921,993
CALIFORNIA CONTRA COSTA 5375021 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $842,000
CALIFORNIA SAN MATEO 5376008 BAYSHORE BLVD-NORTHERN TO SOUTHERN CITY LIMIT , AC OVERLAY Pavement Improvement $131,000
CALIFORNIA ORANGE 5377006 TAFT AVENUE FROM LEMON ST. TO CANNON ST. , RAISED LANDSCAPED MEDIANS Transportation Enhancements $150,000
CALIFORNIA ORANGE 5377012 This is a pavement rehabilitation project on Santiago Blvd. from Prado Woods Dr. to 280 ft. beyond Stacey Lee Ln. and on Lemon St. from Villa Park Rd. to Valley Dr. Consisting of a 1.5inch asphalt co Pavement Improvement $500,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5378019 CITYWIDE ARTERIAL STREETS , ASPHALT CONCRETE OVERLAY Pavement Improvement $4,324,000
CALIFORNIA SONOMA 5379017 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $869,000
CALIFORNIA SONOMA 5383007 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $500,000
CALIFORNIA KERN 5385038 College Heights Blvd: Dolphin Ave to Franklin Ave; Reconstruction Pavement Improvement $513,579
CALIFORNIA CONTRA COSTA 5386009 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $554,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5387009 NORWALK BLVD; CARSON ST TO SOUTH CITY LIMIT . , RESURFACING, REPAIR CONC. CURBS . Pavement Improvement $500,000
CALIFORNIA MARIN 5388008 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $204,000
CALIFORNIA SAN MATEO 5390004 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $196,000
CALIFORNIA VENTURA 5393020 Annual Pavement Rehab at Various Location Pavement Improvement $1,099,966
CALIFORNIA CONTRA COSTA 5404020 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $744,000
CALIFORNIA VENTURA 5405050 VARIOUS LOCATIONS . , STREET REHABILITATION AND RECONSTC. Pavement Improvement $1,080,532
CALIFORNIA SAN MATEO 5409015 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $440,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5413010 STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON HAWTHORNE BLVD FROM INDIAN PEAK ROAD TO VERDE RIDGE ROAD AND FROM DUPRE DRIVE TO PALOS VERDES DRIVE WEST, PALOS VERDES DRIVE WEST (N/B) FROM HAWTHORNE BLVD TO NORTH CITY LIMITS, Pavement Improvement $1,262,000
CALIFORNIA CONTRA COSTA 5415010 Rehabilitate local street Pavement Improvement $609,000
CALIFORNIA MONTEREY 5416006 Improvements include bike lanes, sidewalk, landscaping and resurfacing Pavement Improvement $375,548
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5417015 RESURFACING OF VARIOUS CITY STREETS. Pavement Improvement $1,130,000
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 5419020 CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND MINOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS AT AVENUE L-8 & 30TH STREET WEST AND AVENUE L & 35TH STREET WEST. REPLACEMENT OF VIDEO DETECTION UNITS AND CAMERAS AT 32 INTERSECTIONS AN Pavement Improvement $416,000