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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 EFFINGHAM 711108 Resurface FAS 711 (CH 25) & construct aggregate shoulders from TR 257 north for 4.11 miles in Effingham Co. Pavement Improvement $361,611
ILLINOIS FAYETTE 712106 Insertion of curlvert liners, replace existing culverts, rip rap placement and shaping ditches, various locations along CH 24 Bridge Improvement $410,144
ILLINOIS FRANKLIN 726058 MAPLE ST IN ZEIGLER TO N OF YELLOW BANKS RD S OF CHRISTOPHER & COELLO RD Pavement Improvement $2,518,216
ILLINOIS WINNEBAGO 734042 1ST AVE / WALNUT ST TO POPE ST IN ROCKFORD Pavement Improvement $398,389
ILLINOIS MACON 741094 E OF 26TH ST TO E OF BENDER RD IN DECATUR Pavement Improvement $2,396,468
ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND 741096 OVER ILL 92 (EB & WB) (1ST & 7TH ST) IN MOLINE Bridge Improvement $753,850
ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND 741097 S OF 7TH AVE TO S OF IL 5 IN MOLINE Pavement Improvement $10,811,308
ILLINOIS PIATT 741098 ILL 32 (S) TO SCL OF BEMENT Pavement Improvement $2,960,360
ILLINOIS MCLEAN 744238 N OF I-55 BUSN LOOP TO E OF US 51 AT BLOOMINGTON Pavement Improvement $8,232,987
ILLINOIS PEORIA 744239 W OF KICKAPOO-EDWARDS RD TO E OF I-474 Pavement Improvement $7,937,644
ILLINOIS TAZEWELL 744240 E OF MORTON AVE TO WOODFORD CO LINE Pavement Improvement $8,138,828
ILLINOIS ADAMS 745079 0.3 MI E OF I-172 TO 0.4 MI E OF PLAINVILLE RD Pavement Improvement $4,545,850
ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN, PIATT 745158 MANSFIELD TO MAHOMET Pavement Improvement $3,421,383
ILLINOIS MORGAN 753036 ROGER RD (TR 388) 0.6 MI W OF WAVERLY TO SANGAMON CO LINE Pavement Improvement $2,141,301
ILLINOIS SHELBY 766005 ILL 16 TO EFFINGHAM CO LINE Pavement Improvement $2,100,201
ILLINOIS CUMBERLAND 773008 WEST SIDE OF COURTHOUSE SQUARE IN TOLEDO TO CUMBERLAND ST IN GREENUP Pavement Improvement $1,464,670
ILLINOIS CRAWFORD 781030 1 MI W OF OBLONG TO DOGWOOD CREEK Pavement Improvement $5,815,236
ILLINOIS MADISON 788004 RR SUBWAY TO GRANVILLE ST IN VENICE MILES = 0.63 New Construction $3,470,924
ILLINOIS CLAY 801230 Preliminary engineering for a structure replacement over Laws Creek east of Ingram. Section 09-00082-00-BR Other $47,000
ILLINOIS BUREAU 802064 E OF I-180 TO W OF ILL 89 Pavement Improvement $3,980,030
ILLINOIS LA SALLE 803130 VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN LASALLE CO Pavement Improvement $1,188,102
ILLINOIS GRUNDY 803131 I-80 - Overlay & patching on westbound lanes only 0.5 mile east of Seneca interchange to 0.4 mile west of IL 47 Morris interchange Pavement Improvement $1,414,141
ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN 836028 US 150 AT OGDEN TO SCL OF HOMER Pavement Improvement $1,099,137
ILLINOIS WILL 840061 PAULING RD TO 0.1 MI S OF NORTH PEOTONE RD Pavement Improvement $1,574,903
ILLINOIS IROQUOIS 840062 US 24 TO MILFORD RD Pavement Improvement $2,185,660
ILLINOIS GRUNDY 846019 I-55 TO WILL CO LINE Pavement Improvement $1,797,640
ILLINOIS WILL 852011 N BRANCH JACKSON CREEK 4 MI SE OF ILL 53 Pavement Improvement $309,740
ILLINOIS LAKE 866007 4.41 miles of widening, patching, resurfacing, intersection improvement, traffic signals, drainage improvement, pavement marking * Pavement Improvement $20,000,000
ILLINOIS DU PAGE 870011 ST CHARLES RD TO MADISON ST Pavement Improvement $503,716
ILLINOIS WHITESIDE 881018 0.2 MI E OF MOLINE RD TO LEE CO LINE Pavement Improvement $4,382,273
ILLINOIS JOHNSON 885040 0.4 MI E OF ILL 147 TO POPE CO LINE Pavement Improvement $1,538,957
ILLINOIS WHITE 887108 Shape eroded slopes and place riprap along FAS 887 (CH 7) north of IL 141 north for 1.00 mile in White County. Pavement Improvement $300,757
ILLINOIS GALLATIN 888122 Resurface FAS 888 (CH 3) and aggregate shoulders from Wilson Road north to IL Route 141 in Gallatin Co. - 4.48 miles Pavement Improvement $190,041
ILLINOIS COOK 904117 AT SAYRE AVE Bridge Improvement $2,747,690
ILLINOIS COOK 904118 AT CENTRAL AVE Bridge Improvement $2,664,706
ILLINOIS JACKSON 915102 Resurfacing of Grand Tower Rd. from Market to IL 3 in Grand Tower. Section 06-00006-03-RS Pavement Improvement $382,828
ILLINOIS MASSAC 931110 Resurface FAS 931 (CH 11) from CH 10 north to the Johnson County Line in Massac County - 1.35 miles. Pavement Improvement $176,112
ILLINOIS COOK 943416 W OF M L KING DR TO 130TH ST Pavement Improvement $13,664,922
ILLINOIS COOK 943417 130TH ST TO US 6 (159TH ST) Pavement Improvement $13,162,234
ILLINOIS ALEXANDER 946107 Resurfacing Miller City Rd. from FAS 949 easterly 4 miles. Section 07-00075-00-RS Pavement Improvement $184,896
ILLINOIS WHITESIDE 1225115 Resurfacing FAS 1225 (Albany Rd) from IL 84 to Diamond Road in Whiteside County - 4.59 miles. Pavement Improvement $505,781
ILLINOIS KANKAKEE 1299109 Resurface FAS 1299 (CH 7) from IL 102 to FAS 311 in Kankakee County - 3.28 miles. Pavement Improvement $431,841
ILLINOIS KANKAKEE 1323114 IRWIN TO W OF KANKAKEE Pavement Improvement $1,380,976
ILLINOIS COOK 1332015 DES PLAINES RIVER RD TO BUSSE HWY, GREENWOOD AVE TO US 14 (CALDWELL AVE) Pavement Improvement $2,893,539
ILLINOIS PEORIA 1380106 Legion Hall Rd to W of Alta Rd Pavement Improvement $1,000,000
ILLINOIS COOK 1395003 FAU 1398 (Chicago Ave.) - Resurfacing of Chicago Avenue & Lake St extending easterly 7,877 ft in Melrose Park & Maywood in Cook Co Pavement Improvement $590,874
ILLINOIS COOK 1459004 ILL 43 (HARLEM AVE) TO ILL 50 (CICERO AVE) Pavement Improvement $1,198,907
ILLINOIS TAZEWELL 1464103 Resurface FAS 1464 (Locust St) from Fifth St to Ninth St in Delavan in Tazewell County. Pavement Improvement $125,000
ILLINOIS COOK 1467006 ILL 171 TO DES PLAINES AVE; ILL 171 TO 31ST ST Pavement Improvement $265,914
ILLINOIS COOK 1467007 3.61m of patching, resurfacing & pvmnt marking on 31st St from Wolf Rd to IL 17, Villages of Westchester, Brookfield, LaGrange Pk Pavement Improvement $2,950,000