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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
NEW MEXICO SAN JUAN 4911011 US 491, Tohatchi to Shiprock New Construction $31,500,000
NEW MEXICO MCKINLEY 4911031 US 491 MP 15.6 TO MP 29.5 Pavement Improvement $11,000,000
NEW YORK WARREN 1755213 BIN 3305570; CR3 WARRENSBURG RD./STONY CREEK, Town of Stony Creek, Bridge Replacement Bridge Replacement $1,458,010
NEW YORK NASSAU 757523 GLEN CLOVE:FERRY TERMINAL & BOAT BASIN-WATERBORN AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS-INSTALL NEW BULKHEAD/DOCKS/ESPLANADE/PARK/PED (PHASE 1). Other $8,000,000
NEW YORK NASSAU 758463 IMPROVE ROADWAY, PEDESTRIAN, AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG PROSPECT AVENUE FOR THE NEW CASSEL REVITALIZATION PROJECT IN NORTH HEMPSTEAD. Safety/Traffic Management $5,000,000
NEW YORK NASSAU 759353 NASSAU COUNTY:TRAFFIC SIGNAL EXPANSION PHASE 2-FURTHER EXPAND NASSAU CO'S CENTRAL COMPUTERIZED TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM. Safety/Traffic Management $3,000,000
NEW YORK NASSAU 759393 ROAD RESURFACING PH 1 ON FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS IN NASSAU COUNTY Pavement Improvement $4,500,000
NEW YORK NASSAU 759403 ROAD RESURFACING PH 2 ON FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY IN NASSAU COUNTY Pavement Improvement $4,500,000
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 759423 REHABILITATION OF COMMACK ROAD (CR-4) FROM NICOLLS ROAD TO VICINITY OF POLO STREET" Pavement Improvement $3,500,000
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 759433 CR 67, MOTOR PARKWAY REHAB AND RESURFACING,FROM VICINITY OF LIE SERVICE ROAD TO CR17. Pavement Improvement $4,000,000
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 759453 SUFFOLK COUNTY:2009 PAVEMENT RESURFACING LIE NORTH/SOUTH SERVICE ROADS FROM WASHINGTON AVE/WICKS RD TO OCEAN AVE (EXIT 59). Pavement Improvement $10,000,000
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 759543 IMPLEMENT AN ALTERNATE TRANSP PATH FOR BICYCLE/PED USE TO CONNECT THE AREAS OF ACTIVITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD. Transportation Enhancements $3,158,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808183 DRAINAGE REPAIR / REPLACEMENT CONTRACT ON NY25A, NY102, SOUTHERN STATE PKWY AND ROBERT MOSES CAUSEWAY Other $781,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808193 PRIORITY SURFACE TREATMENT CONTRACT AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON RT 25A AND NORTHERN STATE PKWY Pavement Improvement $6,518,300
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808393 CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIR CONTRACT AT VARIOUS LOCATION ON MEADEOW BROOK PKWAY,SAGTICKOS PKWY,SOUTHERN STATE PKWY, WATAGH STATE PKWY AND OCEAN PKWY Pavement Improvement $1,894,701
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 808503 STEEL BRIDGE PAINTING TO PROTECT STRUCTUREAL INTEGRITY IN TOWN OF ISLIP, BROOKHAVEN AND BABYLON Bridge Improvement $4,940,948
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 808541 NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES:ROUTES NY110, NY27A, NY24, NY25, AND NY102. PE FOR PAVEMENT REHABILITATION (1-6). Other $518,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808551 NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES:VARIOUS LOCATIONS. PE FOR LED REPLACEMENT BLOCK (TRAFFIC SIGNALS) (1-6). Safety/Traffic Management $100,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808553 REPLACING INCANDANCENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITH LED THAT ARE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT ON FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS IN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTY. Safety/Traffic Management $4,208,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808561 NASSAU & SUFFOLK COUNTIES:VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN REPLACEMENT ON FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS. PE (1-6). Other $100,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 808563 VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN REPLACEMENT ON FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS IN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES Safety/Traffic Management $3,807,000
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 808621 SUFFOLK COUNTY: CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIR CONTRACT, 908K SAGTIKOS PKWY, NY 231. PE PH 1-6. Other $109,000
NEW YORK SUFFOLK 808643 THIS PROJECT WILL MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS RESULTING FROM CONTAMINATION THAT OCCURRED FROM A DRAINAGE SYSTEM FAILURE ALONG NY25A AND WILL REPAIR AND INSTALL A NEW STORM WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM Other $1,047,717
NEW YORK ALBANY 1753373 MAXWELL ROAD @ ALBANY SHAKER ROAD INTERSECTION, TOWN OF COLONIE, ALBANY COUNTY,Highway Reconstruction/Widening and Intersection Reconstruction Pavement Widening $5,921,200
NEW YORK WASHINGTON 1755153 BIN 2260060) CLINTON STREET AND (BIN 2260070) SAUNDERS & DIVISION STREET BRIDGES OVER Delaware AND HUDSON RAILROAD, BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, Town and Village of Whitehall Bridge Replacement $4,696,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 16263 NY112 RECONDITIONING AND PRESERVATION FROM PINE RD. TO NY347 Pavement Improvement $49,166,000
NEW YORK ALBANY 1756353 BRIDGE AVENUE BRIDGE OVER MOHAWK RIVER: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, BIN 2200390, City of Cohoes, Albany County Bridge Replacement $7,463,000
NEW YORK ALBANY 1756593 19TH STREET, FROM CITY OF WATERVLIET LINE TO CONGRESS STEET BRIDGE: RECONSTRUCTION Pavement Improvement $7,650,000
NEW YORK ALBANY 1756613 Reconstruction of DELAWARE AVENUE, FROM MADISON AVENUE TO THRUWAY BRIDG Pavement Improvement $14,897,612
NEW YORK RENSSELAER 1756623 Route 2, FROM 5TH AVENUE TO 11TH STREET: City of Troy, RECONSTRUCTION Pavement Widening $7,254,669
NEW YORK RENSSELAER 1757083 CARETAKER BRIDGE OVER WALOOOMSAC RIVER, BIN 2201640, Town of Hoosick, Bridge Replacement Bridge Replacement $1,346,156
NEW YORK GREENE 1757123 NEW BALTIMORE RD OVER HANNACROIS CREEK, NEW BALTIMORE, BRIDGE REPLACEMENT (BIN 3201340) Bridge Replacement $1,262,477
NEW YORK SARATOGA 1757143 CHURCH STREET (Route 9N), FROM WEST AVENUE TO NORTH VAN RENSSELaer Street, City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County (left turn lane, signals, drainage, curbs, sidewalks, streetlights and landscaping) Pavement Improvement $2,755,616
NEW YORK WARREN 1757173 BIN 3305560; TR13 GRISTMILL RD./STONY CREEK, WARREN CO., Town of Stony Creek, Bridge Replacement Bridge Replacement $1,017,426
NEW YORK ESSEX 1758333 COUNTY ROUTE 84, BLUE RIDGE ROAD, I87 TO COUNTY ROUTE 25, HIGHWAY RESURFACING (MILL AND FILL), TOWN OF ESSEX, ESSEX COUNTY Pavement Improvement $4,632,100
NEW YORK WARREN 1758613 BAY STREET REHABILITATION, MULTI COURSE OVERLAY, CITY OF GLENS FALLS, WARREN COUNTY Pavement Improvement $2,889,596
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 1758633 DAY PECKINPAUGH CANAL MOTORSHIP MUSEUM. THIS PROJECT WILL CONVERT A HISTORIC 1921 CANAL MOTORSHIP INTO A FLOATING MUSEUM WITH EXHIBITS THAT WILL TRAVEL TO PORTS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE Transportation Enhancements $3,139,000
NEW YORK ESSEX 1758643 TICONDEROGA TRAIN TRESTLE CONVERSION AND HISTORIC TRAIL EXPANSION, TOWN OF TICONDEROGA, ESSEX COUNTY (TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT) Transportation Enhancements $325,000
NEW YORK ALBANY 1758673 WASHINGTON AVENUE: FULLER ROAD TO I-90; JERMAIN STREET TO NORTH MAIN AVENUE; ONTARIO STREET TO LARK STREET, MILLING, PAVING AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE. Pavement Improvement $3,040,000
NEW YORK RENSSELAER 1758693 COUNTY ROAD 145 (OAKWOOD AVENUE); Near St. Peter\'s Cemetery TO TROY CITY LINE NORTH (at Highpointe Drive), CITY OF TROY, Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County,RESURFACING AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITI Pavement Improvement $880,000
NEW YORK SCHENECTADY 1758703 RIVER ROAD / PROVIDENCE AVENUE RESURFACING AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE, RIVER ROAD/ROSENDALE ROAD TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CIRCLE; GENERAL ELECTRIC CIRCLE TO ROUTE 146; ROUTE 146 TO SCHE Pavement Improvement $1,440,000
NEW YORK SCHENECTADY 1758713 ROSENDALE ROAD, RIVER ROAD TO ROUTE 7 NEAR UNION STREET, TOWN OF NISKAYUNA.RESURFACING AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE Pavement Improvement $373,000
NEW YORK SCHENECTADY 1758723 VAN VRANKEN AVENUE: NOTT STREET TO MAXON ROAD, CITY OF SCHENECTADY, RESURFACING AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE Pavement Improvement $1,770,000
NEW YORK SARATOGA 1758733 MALTA:COUNTY ROAD 108/DUNNING STREET FOR HIGHWAY RESURFACING/ADA COMPLIANCE. Pavement Improvement $464,000
NEW YORK GREENE 1758743 ATHENS:COUNTY ROUTE 28/ELM AVENUE FROM ROUTE 9W TO 2nd STREET FOR HIGHWAY RESURFACING/ADA COMPLIANCE. Pavement Improvement $572,000
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 1807993 HIGHWAY RESURFACING, ROUTE 5 AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE (CITY OF SCHENECTADY) TO EAGLE STREET (CITY OF ALBANY). INSTALL SEVERAL BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) STATIONS AND AMERICAN WITH DIS Pavement Improvement $6,470,044
NEW YORK STATEWIDE 1808173 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PAVING/RESURFACING ON VARIOUS FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS IN ALBANY COUNTY (9.7 KM), RENSSELAER COUNTY (3.7 KM), SARATOGA COUNTY (24.9 KM), AND SCHENECTADY COUNTY (0.4 KM) Pavement Improvement $10,206,979
NEW YORK SCHENECTADY 1941253 SCHENECTADY TRAIL REHABILITATION, REHABILITATION OF THE EXISTING TRAIL FROM THE JAY STREET AREA IN THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY TO THE AREA NEAR THE NISKAYUNA SECTION OF THE TRAIL, SCHENECTADY COUNTY Transportation Enhancements $1,650,000
NEW YORK HERKIMER 2012043 RTE.169/CSX & ERIE CANAL (BIN 4050290); CITY OF LITTLE FALLS, Bridge Preventative Maintenance, bridge deck treatment Bridge Improvement $1,507,303
NEW YORK ONEIDA 2650303 SYLVAN BEACH PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION PROJECT, ARRA TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, VILLAGE OF SYLVAN BEACH, ONEIDA COUNTY Transportation Enhancements $731,000