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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 GRUNDY 56058 BRIDGE OVER FIRESCALD CREEK, LM 21.30, IN ALTAMONT Bridge Replacement $1,691,111
TENNESSEE FAYETTE 57045 FROM COWAN LOOP ROAD TO SR-18 Pavement Improvement $383,123
TENNESSEE HAMILTON 58032 FROM NORTH OF RUNYAN ROAD TO SOUTH OF SR-60 Pavement Improvement $450,873
TENNESSEE TIPTON 59023 BRIDGE OVER LITTLE BEAVER CREEK (DRAINAGE DITCH), LM 24.54 Bridge Replacement $1,431,494
TENNESSEE MEIGS 60017 FROM NEAR MCINTRUFF ROAD IN MEIGS COUNTY TO NEAR FIVE POINTS ROAD IN RHEA COUNTY Pavement Improvement $731,190
TENNESSEE ANDERSON 61022 BRIDGE OVER POPLAR CREEK, LM 2.43 Bridge Replacement $1,736,988
TENNESSEE SEVIER 66039 FROM NORTH OF NICHOLS STREET IN SEVIERVILLE TO SR-338 (BOYDS CREEK HIGHWAY) Pavement Widening $32,681,201
TENNESSEE HAMBLEN 66042 FROM MARS AVENUE TO NORTH CUMBERLAND STREET IN MORRISTOWN Other $20,000
TENNESSEE BENTON 69068 FROM SOUTH OF SR-1 TO SOUTH OF SR-391 Pavement Improvement $513,194
TENNESSEE HENRY 69069 FROM SCARBOROUGH RD TO SR-69 Pavement Improvement $1,217,993
TENNESSEE HARDIN 69070 FROM HOLLAND CREEK ROAD TO SR-226 Pavement Improvement $1,363,878
TENNESSEE GREENE 70015 FROM RAMP TO I-81 TO HAWKINS COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $881,696
TENNESSEE WASHINGTON 75009 FROM SOUTH OF SHADDEN ROAD TO NORTH OF I-26 Pavement Improvement $542,054
TENNESSEE GIBSON 76051 FROM SR-43 IN MILAN TO NEAR THE CARROLL COUNTY LINE Pavement Widening $20,600,000
TENNESSEE HAYWOOD 76058 FROM FAYETTE COUNTY LINE TO SR-179 RT Pavement Improvement $1,354,207
TENNESSEE STEWART 76059 FROM SR-120 TO EAST OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE Pavement Widening $26,309,589
TENNESSEE LAKE 78015 FROM SR-21 TO VAN WORKS ROAD Pavement Improvement $513,098
TENNESSEE WASHINGTON 81017 FROM SOUTH OF RIDGECREST ROAD TO NORTH OF ANDERSON ROAD Pavement Improvement $626,585
TENNESSEE OBION 89016 BRIDGE OVER GRASSY CREEK, LM 6.14 Bridge Replacement $1,111,679
TENNESSEE WASHINGTON 91033 FROM LEGION STREET TO SR-34(WB) AND FROM SR-34 TO LEGION STREET (EB) Pavement Improvement $827,195
TENNESSEE ANDERSON 95007 FROM MELTON LAKE ROAD TO SR-61 Pavement Improvement $469,175
TENNESSEE CANNON 96024 FROM RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE TO WILSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $948,744
TENNESSEE DECATUR 100045 FROM SR-69 TO BRIDGE AT RUSHING CREEK Pavement Improvement $561,165
TENNESSEE HARDEMAN 100046 FROM OLD SR-18 TO CHESTER COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $631,960
TENNESSEE ANDERSON 100047 BRIDGE OVER BRUSHY FORK CREEK, LM 0.06 Bridge Replacement $468,838
TENNESSEE ANDERSON 100048 BRIDGE OVER LITTLE DISMAL CREEK, LM 0.96 NEAR CLINTON Bridge Replacement $209,099
TENNESSEE ANDERSON 100049 BRIDGE OVER STONEY FLAT CREEK, LM 0.10 Bridge Replacement $212,832
TENNESSEE CUMBERLAND 101015 FROM SR-282 TO SR-392 Pavement Widening $18,025,020
TENNESSEE RUTHERFORD 102011 BRIDGES OVER BRANCH, LM 1.89 AND ROCKY FORK CREEK, LM 5.31 Bridge Replacement $1,262,000
TENNESSEE DAVIDSON 106025 FROM HARDING PLACE TO I-440 Pavement Improvement $2,006,979
TENNESSEE WASHINGTON 107014 FROM GREENE COUNTY LINE TO SR-81 Pavement Improvement $2,524,017
TENNESSEE SUMNER 109024 FROM THE GALLATIN BY-PASS TO SOUTH OF HOLLIS CHAPEL ROAD New Construction $11,372,855
TENNESSEE ANDERSON 116010 FROM NORTH OF BRADEN FLATS LANE TO SR-330 Pavement Improvement $519,097
TENNESSEE WARREN 127012 FROM OLD SHELLSFORD ROAD TO SR-30 Pavement Improvement $553,902
TENNESSEE COFFEE 127013 BRIDGE OVER I-24, LM 3.75 Bridge Replacement $3,802,707
TENNESSEE KNOX 131020 FROM SR-33 TO SR-331 Pavement Improvement $825,168
TENNESSEE KNOX 131022 FROM SR-9 TO WEST OF GILL ROAD Pavement Improvement $459,525
TENNESSEE PUTNAM 135012 FROM NORTH OF DIXIE AVENUE TO JACKSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $868,846
TENNESSEE CARTER 143006 FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE TO SR-37 Pavement Improvement $2,235,383
TENNESSEE CANNON 146004 FROM SR-1 TO DEKALB COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $462,876
TENNESSEE DE KALB 146005 FROM CANNON COUNTY LINE TO NORTH OF BRIDGE OVER PINE CREEK Pavement Improvement $273,628
TENNESSEE BENTON 147002 FROM SR-69A TO PINE GROVE ROAD Pavement Improvement $808,586
TENNESSEE MARION 156006 FROM MARION-FRANKLIN FOREST TO ORME MOUNTAIN ROAD Pavement Improvement $423,488
TENNESSEE JOHNSON 167004 FROM LITTLE DRY RUN ROAD TO SR-34 Pavement Improvement $1,124,000
TENNESSEE WILSON 171024 MOUNT JULIET ROAD, FROM DIVISION STREET TO SR-24 (US-70, LEBANON ROAD) Pavement Widening $10,297,296
TENNESSEE CARTER 173007 FROM UNICOI COUNTY LINE TO SR-37 Pavement Improvement $353,518
TENNESSEE WEAKLEY 190009 FROM CARROLL COUNTY LINE TO SR-124 Pavement Improvement $687,289
TENNESSEE BENTON 191004 FROM SR-391 TO MAGNOLIA AVENUE Pavement Improvement $79,915
TENNESSEE FAYETTE 194011 FROM SR-15 TO SR-59 Pavement Improvement $607,166
TENNESSEE DECATUR 202015 FROM SR-114 TO SR-69 Pavement Improvement $780,126