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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
ILLINOIS MCHENRY 305041 BUNKER HILL RD TO PARK LANE DR Pavement Improvement $684,447
ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND 308035 16TH ST TO S OF I-280 IN ROCK ISLAND Pavement Improvement $4,449,013
ILLINOIS MADISON 310130 HUMBERT RD New Bridge Construction $7,590,000
ILLINOIS SCHUYLER 310131 0.1 MI N OF ILL 101 TO 0.2 MI N OF US 24 & 0.2 MI S OF US 24 TO 2 MI SE OF US 24 S OF RUSHVILLE Pavement Improvement $3,659,256
ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND 310132 N OF 10TH AVE IN MILAN TO 0.1 MI N OF ILL 94 Pavement Improvement $3,636,748
ILLINOIS CASS 310134 0.1 MI S OF ILL 125 IN BEARDSTOWN TO MORGAN CO LINE Pavement Improvement $2,477,887
ILLINOIS DU PAGE 311037 E OF I-355 (VETERAN'S TOLLWAY) TO WARWICK AVE Pavement Improvement $2,535,235
ILLINOIS MCDONOUGH 315055 Resurfacing on US 136 (Jackson Street) from west of Ward Street to west of Johnson Street in Macomb in McDonough County. Pavement Improvement $350,000
ILLINOIS OGLE 316035 N OF ELKHORN ST TO SCL OF POLO Pavement Improvement $388,076
ILLINOIS MCLEAN 317080 W OF MCLEAN ST IN GRIDLEY TO W OF I-55 Pavement Improvement $1,688,139
ILLINOIS DOUGLAS, PIATT 323026 MOULTRIE CO LINE TO WASHINGTON ST IN TUSCOLA Pavement Improvement $2,570,726
ILLINOIS GRUNDY 326077 0.2 MI S OF ILL 113 TO 0.4 MI N OF I-55 Pavement Improvement $2,270,771
ILLINOIS GRUNDY, LIVINGSTON 326078 S OF I-55 TO 0.2 MI S OF ILL 116 Pavement Improvement $3,938,465
ILLINOIS KANE 326079 US 30/ILL 56 TO S OF PRAIRIE ST; (WB) RAMP TO ILL 47; PRAIRIE ST TO JERICHO RD; JERICHO RD TO KENDALL CO LINE Pavement Improvement $2,153,935
ILLINOIS MARION 327043 0.1 MI E OF BRUBAKER CREEK TRIB TO METCALF RD Pavement Improvement $756,845
ILLINOIS WILL 330050 E OF LOWE RD E OF KANKAKEE TO W OF ILL 1 (S) Bridge Improvement $248,217
ILLINOIS WILL 330051 ROCK CREEK (S BRANCH OF FORKED CREEK) Bridge Improvement $237,759
ILLINOIS KANKAKEE 330052 IL 17 - Bitiminous concrete resurfacing & aggregate wedges from east of Lowe Rd to west of IL 1 & IL17 intersection in Kankakee Co Pavement Improvement $2,897,008
ILLINOIS COOK 330053 LAKE ST TO N OF I-290 (EISENHOWER EXPY) Pavement Improvement $1,538,505
ILLINOIS COOK 330054 WALNUT AVE TO PROSPECT AVE Pavement Improvement $811,241
ILLINOIS COOK 330055 LEE/MONHEIN Pavement Improvement $989,731
ILLINOIS SALINE 331048 LOVERS LN NEAR WCL OF HARRISBURG TO ECL New Construction $14,121,445
ILLINOIS WILL 332091 TRIM CREEK Pavement Improvement $540,685
ILLINOIS MCHENRY 334018 WISCONSIN STATE LINE TO ILL 173 (KENOSHA ST) Pavement Improvement $523,886
ILLINOIS MCHENRY 335011 ILL 31 TO FOX RIVER Pavement Improvement $1,313,266
ILLINOIS LAKE 335012 E OF ILL 21 (MILWAUKEE AVE) TO W OF I-94 (TRI-STATE TOLLWAY) Pavement Improvement $1,145,733
ILLINOIS DU PAGE 338036 AT BNSF & UP RR 1.3 MI N OF ILL 38 & AT ILL 38 & KRESS CREEK 0.7 MI S OF ILL 38 & AT ABANDONED RR 0.6 MI S OF ILL 64 Bridge Improvement $912,972
ILLINOIS WILL 338037 AT US 30 (JOLIET ST) Pavement Improvement $7,903,048
ILLINOIS FORD 340103 Replace 2 structures carrying FAS 340 (CH 26) over unnamed streams located 5 miles southwest of Paxton in Ford County. Bridge Replacement $319,891
ILLINOIS COOK 341045 LEE ST TO DES PLAINES RIVER Pavement Improvement $1,435,199
ILLINOIS KANE 341046 OVER I-90 (NORTHWEST TOLLWAY) Bridge Improvement $670,892
ILLINOIS COOK 341047 ALMOND LN TO W OF MEACHAM RD & HIGGINS ROAD Pavement Improvement $1,700,000
ILLINOIS DU PAGE 347021 KRESS CREEK Bridge Improvement $397,956
ILLINOIS COOK 348042 STONEY CREEK Bridge Improvement $645,881
ILLINOIS KENDALL 349013 AT RIVER ST Bridge Improvement $476,279
ILLINOIS KANE, KENDALL 349014 ILL 47 TO ORCHARD RD & BLACKBERRY CREEK Pavement Improvement $1,064,533
ILLINOIS COOK 350029 DEVON AVE TO ILL 19 (IRVING PARK RD) Pavement Improvement $1,648,211
ILLINOIS COOK 350030 FOSTER ST TO TOUHY AVE Pavement Improvement $2,513,174
ILLINOIS COOK 350031 CENTRAL AVE TO OLD ORCHARD RD Pavement Improvement $650,391
ILLINOIS COOK 350032 34TH ST TO 46TH ST & AT I-55 (STEVENSON EXPY) Pavement Improvement $1,750,000
ILLINOIS COOK 351018 I-294 (TRI-STATE TOLLWAY) TO ILL 1 (HALSTED ST) Pavement Improvement $17,864,123
ILLINOIS WILL 351019 I-355 (VETERANS MEMORIAL TOLLWAY) TO WILL-COOK RD Pavement Improvement $1,650,012
ILLINOIS COOK 351020 WILL-COOK RD TO W OF US 45 Pavement Improvement $1,260,167
ILLINOIS LAKE 352010 DES PLAINES RIVER Bridge Improvement $606,126
ILLINOIS LAKE 352012 M L KING DR/22ND ST TO 0.3 MI W OF US 41 Pavement Improvement $3,037,064
ILLINOIS COOK 353014 0.05m of bridge deck and superstructure rehab of US 30 at IL 394 in the Village of Ford Heights in Cook County. Bridge Improvement $2,835,000
ILLINOIS WOODFORD 358102 Regrading existing roadway and the replacement of drainage structures on CH 1 Section 86-00075-00-AS Pavement Improvement $466,776
ILLINOIS COOK, KANE 360010 ILL 72 (HIGGINS RD) TO I-90 (NORTHWEST TOLLWAY) Pavement Improvement $2,000,000
ILLINOIS COOK 370007 87TH ST TO 99TH ST Pavement Improvement $1,374,077
ILLINOIS COOK 370008 87TH ST TO 91ST ST Bridge Improvement $500,000