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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
TENNESSEE HAMILTON 2095 FROM LILAC AVENUE TO NORFOLK SOUTHERN R/R OVERPASS Pavement Improvement $846,775
TENNESSEE COFFEE 2096 FROM RUTHERFORD COL TO OLD HWY 41 (LT) Pavement Improvement $840,636
TENNESSEE MCMINN 2097 FROM NORTH OF NIOTA TO MONROE COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $417,824
TENNESSEE COFFEE 2098 BRIDGE OVER DUCK RIVER, LM 12.72 IN MANCHESTER Bridge Replacement $5,572,946
TENNESSEE LAUDERDALE 3110 FROM TIPTON COUNTY LINE TO STATE HIGHWAY GARAGE Pavement Improvement $1,456,692
TENNESSEE LAWRENCE 6070 FROM BUSBY ROAD TO LEOMA Pavement Improvement $2,129,355
TENNESSEE LAWRENCE 6072 FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO ALEXANDER SPRINGS ROAD Pavement Improvement $1,827,100
TENNESSEE GILES 7020 FROM POLLY ROAD TO SR-15 Pavement Improvement $932,540
TENNESSEE MAURY 7021 FROM GILES COUNTY LINE TO SOUTH OF SR-50 Pavement Improvement $1,609,573
TENNESSEE HAMILTON 8041 RINGGOLD ROAD, INTERSECTION AT CAMP JORDAN PARKWAY Safety/Traffic Management $134,390
TENNESSEE COCKE 9059 FROM SR-35 TO WHITE OAK AVENUE Pavement Improvement $1,540,000
TENNESSEE CAMPBELL 9060 BRIDGE OVER CSX R/R, LM 26.77, IN LAFOLLETTE Bridge Replacement $4,001,000
TENNESSEE TROUSDALE 10037 FROM SR-141 TO SOUTH OF SR-25 Pavement Improvement $425,735
TENNESSEE MARSHALL 11051 FROM CHAPEL HILL CITY LIMITS TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $865,550
TENNESSEE RUTHERFORD 11052 FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $488,371
TENNESSEE SUMNER 11053 FROM DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE TO SOUTH OF KASPER WAY Pavement Improvement $250,213
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSON 11054 FROM MARSHALL COUNTY LINE TO RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $122,319
TENNESSEE DAVIDSON 12038 FROM I-65 TO SR-112 Pavement Improvement $1,138,099
TENNESSEE MONTGOMERY 12039 FROM SR-374 TO KENTUCKY STATE LINE Pavement Improvement $1,545,491
TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS 13033 FROM NORTH OF TUMBLING CREEK ROAD TO SOUTH OF PUMPKIN CREEK Pavement Improvement $1,228,304
TENNESSEE TIPTON 14048 FROM NORTH OF SR-206 TO 1.2 MILES EAST OF SR-384 Pavement Widening $15,487,112
TENNESSEE MCNAIRY 15141 FROM NEAR SR-225 TO SANDY FLAT ROAD Pavement Widening $24,392,926
TENNESSEE FRANKLIN 15157 FROM NORTH OF SR-56 TO GRUNDY COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $653,008
TENNESSEE MCNAIRY 15158 FROM SR-5 (US-45 LEFT) TO SR-5 (US-45 RIGHT) Pavement Improvement $1,066,974
TENNESSEE MADISON 18025 FROM MERIDIAN CREEK TO BRIDGE OVER ABANDONED R/R Pavement Improvement $967,257
TENNESSEE MADISON 20045 FROM POPLAR CORNER ROAD TO BRIDGE OVER OLD SR-20 Pavement Improvement $1,619,040
TENNESSEE CARROLL 22057 BRIDGES OVER OVERFLOW, LM 12.72; BEAVER CREEK, LM 12.85 & OVERFLOW, LM 12.95 IN HUNTINGDON Bridge Replacement $2,564,318
TENNESSEE WILSON 26029 FROM NEAR MADDOX-SIMPSON PARKWAY TO EAST OF TAYLOR ROAD Pavement Improvement $873,664
TENNESSEE WHITE 26030 FROM EAST OF SR-136 TO WEST OF SR-111 Pavement Improvement $648,304
TENNESSEE CUMBERLAND 28039 FROM NORTH OF WINNINGHAM ROAD TO SR-68 Pavement Improvement $593,422
TENNESSEE SCOTT 29069 FROM WOLF RIVER ROAD TO SOUTH OF GLASSHOUSE ROAD Pavement Improvement $520,082
TENNESSEE HAMILTON 29070 FROM OVERHEAD OVER DAYTON PIKE TO OLD DAYTON PIKE Pavement Improvement $1,966,738
TENNESSEE RHEA 29071 FROM SOUTH OF VANN'S CREEK ROAD/HOYAL ROAD TO SOUTH OF MACEDONIA ROAD Pavement Improvement $553,449
TENNESSEE BLEDSOE 30047 FROM WEST OF CRANWELL ROAD RT TO SR-28 Pavement Improvement $765,167
TENNESSEE UNION 33075 FROM KNOX COUNTY LINE TO EAST OF MAIN STREET RIGHT Pavement Improvement $672,684
TENNESSEE POLK 33076 FROM BENTON NORTH CITY LIMITS TO SR-30 EAST Pavement Widening $26,667,858
TENNESSEE CLAIBORNE 33077 FROM SOUTH OF MOLLY HOLLOW ROAD TO SOUTH OF OLD SR-33 Pavement Improvement $564,508
TENNESSEE HAMBLEN 34069 INTERSECTION AT SR-160 IN MORRISTOWN Other $18,000
TENNESSEE CARTER 37014 FROM NORTH OF CROOK STREET TO BRIDGE OVER WATAUGA RIVER Pavement Improvement $2,625,811
TENNESSEE SUMNER 41019 FROM DICKERSON PIKE TO SR-257 Pavement Improvement $1,246,880
TENNESSEE SULLIVAN 44006 FROM SR-34 TO VIRGINIA STATE LINE Pavement Improvement $416,929
TENNESSEE DICKSON 46012 FROM ROBIN HOOD ROAD TO SR-1 BYPASS Pavement Improvement $1,724,001
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSON 46013 FROM PEWITT ROAD TO NEAR SR-100 Pavement Improvement $472,552
TENNESSEE HOUSTON 49020 FROM SR-147 TO SR-13 Pavement Improvement $743,934
TENNESSEE MORGAN 52055 FROM END OF BRIDGE OVER CLEAR FORK RIVER TO SCOTT COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $709,884
TENNESSEE SCOTT 52056 FROM MORGAN COUNTY LINE TO SR-29 Pavement Improvement $818,707
TENNESSEE CLAY 52057 FROM EAST END OF CUMBERLAND RIVER BRIDGE TO SR-53 Pavement Improvement $318,728
TENNESSEE FENTRESS 52058 FROM EAST OF BRIDGE OVER SR-28 TO SR-296 Pavement Improvement $790,617
TENNESSEE MACON 52059 FROM LAFAYETTE CITY LIMITS TO NEAR BUTLER ROAD Pavement Improvement $1,252,325
TENNESSEE MACON 56057 FROM JACKSON COUNTY LINE TO SR-262 Pavement Improvement $94,252