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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
MICHIGAN KENT 941159 Resurface Pavement Improvement $670,308
MICHIGAN KENT 941162 Reconstruct Pavement Improvement $300,000
MICHIGAN KENT 941166 Deep ovly, P/H, substr rep, pt Bridge Improvement $520,718
MICHIGAN KENT 941172 Deploy misc ITS technologies Safety/Traffic Management $780,037
MICHIGAN KENT 941176 Integrate ITS Devices Safety/Traffic Management $280,000
MICHIGAN KENT 941177 Jt Rprs, Substr Repr, bm rprs Bridge Improvement $582,404
MICHIGAN KENT 941179 Madison Avenue and Hall Street Hall St from Jefferson Ave Ornamental street lighting, street trees, benches,bulb outs, ENH 07109 Pavement Improvement $929,170
MICHIGAN LAKE 943229 Single Course Chip Seal Pavement Improvement $91,940
MICHIGAN LAKE 943230 Single Course Chip Seal Pavement Improvement $93,367
MICHIGAN LAKE 943231 Single Course Chip Seal Pavement Improvement $89,005
MICHIGAN LAKE 943232 Single Course Chip Seal Pavement Improvement $73,501
MICHIGAN LAPEER 944088 HMA paving of gravel lot Pavement Improvement $51,794
MICHIGAN LAPEER 944089 Resurface existing Lot Pavement Improvement $21,075
MICHIGAN LAPEER 944092 Reconstruct Other $240,000
MICHIGAN LEELANAU 945329 Chip Seal Pavement Improvement $874,819
MICHIGAN LEELANAU 945330 East bound passing relief lane Pavement Widening $1,735,083
MICHIGAN LIVINGSTON 947010 Milling and single course HMA Pavement Improvement $3,334,687
MICHIGAN LIVINGSTON 947011 New Carpool Lot Pavement Improvement $191,801
MICHIGAN LIVINGSTON 947012 Design & construction of ITS Safety/Traffic Management $632,422
MICHIGAN LIVINGSTON 947015 Resurface road Pavement Improvement $1,577,000
MICHIGAN MACKINAC 949011 HMA MILL&FILL Pavement Improvement $2,864,179
MICHIGAN MACKINAC 949013 Resurface Pavement Improvement $400,284
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950035 Resurface road Pavement Improvement $628,581
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950036 mill and HMA resurfacing Pavement Improvement $497,713
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950037 Resurface road Pavement Improvement $450,000
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950038 Resurface Pavement Improvement $565,287
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950040 Bituminous Resurfacing Pavement Improvement $1,848,504
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950041 Resurface Rural Roads Pavement Improvement $322,092
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950045 Reconstruct Pavement Improvement $2,800,000
MICHIGAN MACOMB 950046 Bituminous overlay. Pavement Improvement $4,605,766
MICHIGAN MANISTEE 951308 Hot In-Place With Ultra-Thin Pavement Improvement $362,028
MICHIGAN MANISTEE 951309 Resurface Pavement Improvement $80,000
MICHIGAN MARQUETTE 952006 Concrete Joint Repair Pavement Improvement $507,651
MICHIGAN MARQUETTE 952007 Mill and HMA Overlay Pavement Improvement $552,119
MICHIGAN MARQUETTE 952009 Reconstruction and Overlay Pavement Improvement $2,475,018
MICHIGAN MARQUETTE 952014 Resurface Pavement Improvement $743,345
MICHIGAN MARQUETTE 952016 Reconstruct Pavement Improvement $465,000
MICHIGAN MASON 953021 Cold Mill and Resurface Pavement Improvement $463,039
MICHIGAN MECOSTA 954007 HMA Overlay Pavement Improvement $495,508
MICHIGAN MECOSTA 954008 Cold Mill & HMA Resurface Pavement Improvement $869,577
MICHIGAN MECOSTA 954009 deck ptch, jts,P/H, substr rpr Bridge Improvement $809,063
MICHIGAN MECOSTA 954010 Resurface Pavement Improvement $95,900
MICHIGAN MECOSTA 954011 Painting and Guardrails Pavement Improvement $122,015
MICHIGAN MIDLAND 956007 Penetrating Healer Sealer Bridge Improvement $476,980
MICHIGAN MONROE 958011 Resurface Pavement Improvement $179,884
MICHIGAN MONROE 958012 Resurface Pavement Improvement $204,090
MICHIGAN MONTCALM 959004 Single Course Chip Seal Pavement Improvement $403,967
MICHIGAN MONTCALM 959008 Resurface Pavement Improvement $150,000
MICHIGAN MONTCALM 959009 HMA Overlay Pavement Improvement $914,809
MICHIGAN MONTCALM 959010 Coldmill & Resurface/Chipseal Pavement Improvement $809,317