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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 HENRY 218006 FROM SR-54 WEST OF PARIS TO SR-69 NORTHWEST OF PARIS New Construction $8,488,704
TENNESSEE MADISON 223009 FROM SOUTH OF LOWER BROWNSVILLE RD TO BRIDGE OVER I-40 Pavement Improvement $449,372
TENNESSEE CHESTER 225003 FROM OLD FRIENDSHIP ROAD TO MONTEZUMA ROAD Pavement Improvement $612,968
TENNESSEE MONTGOMERY 238003 FROM SR-76 TO KENTUCKY STATE LINE Pavement Improvement $619,755
TENNESSEE MARION 242127 FROM SR-27/150 TO TENNESSEE RIVER BRIDGE Pavement Improvement $2,414,260
TENNESSEE COFFEE 242129 FROM RAMP FROM SR-55 (McMINNVILLE HWY) TO RAMP FROM AEDC Pavement Improvement $5,222,948
TENNESSEE COFFEE 242130 FROM NOAH FORK CREEK TO RAMP FROM SR-2 EB Pavement Improvement $3,447,909
TENNESSEE CHEATHAM 251012 FROM SR-249 TO DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $623,630
TENNESSEE ROBERTSON 257004 FROM SR-49 TO NEAR NEW CUT ROAD Pavement Improvement $797,103
TENNESSEE MACON 262009 FROM SR-56 TO JACKSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $98,105
TENNESSEE LINCOLN 275006 FROM NEAR 4-WAY STOP TO SR-15 EAST Pavement Improvement $314,669
TENNESSEE SEQUATCHIE 283010 FROM MARION COUNTY LINE TO SR-8 Pavement Improvement $632,221
TENNESSEE OVERTON 294002 FROM SR-111 TO OAKLEY-ALLONS ROAD Pavement Improvement $478,318
TENNESSEE CAMPBELL 297002 FROM WEST OF LICK FORK LANE LEFT TO EAST OF LITTLE ELK CREEK ROAD Pavement Improvement $956,522
TENNESSEE BRADLEY 308006 FROM I-75 TO SR-2 Pavement Improvement $771,548
TENNESSEE POLK 314004 FROM SR-40 TO SR-33 Pavement Improvement $1,147,964
TENNESSEE FENTRESS 325007 FROM FENTRESS-PICKETT COUNTY LINE TO SR-28 IN PICKETT COUNTY Pavement Improvement $240,814
TENNESSEE PICKETT 325008 FROM WEST OF HILL ROAD TO FENTRESS COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $393,179
TENNESSEE HAMBLEN 343007 FROM SR-32 TO SR-34 Pavement Improvement $728,362
TENNESSEE HAWKINS 344006 FROM SR-113 TO HOLSTON RIVER BRIDGE Pavement Improvement $462,078
TENNESSEE HENRY 356001 FROM SR-69/54 TO SR-76 Pavement Improvement $558,548
TENNESSEE CARTER 361003 FROM SR-359 TO SR-37 Pavement Improvement $1,620,171
TENNESSEE MARSHALL 373007 (MOORESVILLE HIGHWAY), I-65 TO EAST OF SR-417 IN LEWISBURG Pavement Widening $19,535,388
TENNESSEE BENTON 391015 FROM SR-1 TO SR-1 Pavement Improvement $1,528,298
TENNESSEE WASHINGTON 400023 FROM NORTH BROADWAY STREET TO WEST MAIN STREET (SB) AND FROM WEST MAIN STREET TO NORTH BROADWAY STREET (NB) Pavement Improvement $1,062,141
TENNESSEE MADISON 401317 FROM WEST OF EXIT 74 TO EAST OF EXIT 83 (Excludes LM 13.59 to LM 15.57) Pavement Improvement $3,299,826
TENNESSEE HENDERSON 402087 FROM MADISON COUNTY LINE TO SR-104 Pavement Improvement $2,083,548
TENNESSEE HICKMAN 403137 FROM MILE MARKER 155.5 TO DICKSON COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $2,148,300
TENNESSEE DICKSON 403138 FROM HICKMAN COUNTY LINE TO SR-48 Pavement Improvement $341,600
TENNESSEE DAVIDSON 403140 ROBERTSON ROAD, BRIDGE OVER I-40 Bridge Replacement $3,570,807
TENNESSEE DAVIDSON 403141 FROM CHARLOTTE PIKE TO OVERHEAD BRIDGE AT WESTBORO DRIVE Pavement Improvement $1,507,199
TENNESSEE DAVIDSON 403142 INTERCHANGE AT BRILEY PARKWAY/ROBERTSON ROAD (PHASE 2) Safety/Traffic Management $28,200,000
TENNESSEE DAVIDSON 403143 FROM SR-1 TO CHARLOTTE PIKE Pavement Improvement $1,950,500
TENNESSEE SMITH 405135 FROM SR-53 TO PUTNAM COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $2,414,768
TENNESSEE PUTNAM 406143 FROM SMITH COUNTY LINE TO EAST OF SR-56 Pavement Improvement $1,864,459
TENNESSEE WEAKLEY 431011 FROM CENTRAL STREET TO SR-22 Pavement Improvement $1,210,000
TENNESSEE BEDFORD 437002 SHELBYVILLE BYPASS, SR-10 NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE TO SR-16 EAST OF SHELBYVILLE New Construction $15,740,454
TENNESSEE BLEDSOE 443002 FROM 90 DEGREE TURN TO RHEA COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $79,377
TENNESSEE RHEA 443003 FROM BLEDSOE COUNTY LINE TO SR-30 Pavement Improvement $431,702
TENNESSEE BLOUNT 500039 BRIDGE OVER NINE MILE CREEK, LM 0.01 Bridge Replacement $1,386,644
TENNESSEE BLOUNT 500040 BRIDGE OVER NINE MILE CREEK, LM 0.21 Bridge Replacement $357,833
TENNESSEE BRADLEY 751118 FROM EAST OF SR-60 TO SOUTH OF MCMINN COUNTY LINE Pavement Improvement $4,245,453
TENNESSEE HAMILTON 751126 WELCOME CENTER NEAR GEORGIA STATE LINE Transportation Enhancements $130,000
TENNESSEE LOUDON 752037 FROM TENNESSEE RIVER BRIDGE TO SR-73 INTERCHANGE Pavement Improvement $5,402,750
TENNESSEE KNOX 753147 FROM I-640 TO SOUTH OF CALLAHAN DRIVE AND ON I-275, FROM CONCRETE PAVEMENT TO I-640 Pavement Improvement $2,556,699
TENNESSEE SULLIVAN 811107 WELCOME CENTER NEAR VIRGINIA STATE LINE Transportation Enhancements $85,000
TENNESSEE SULLIVAN 811108 FROM SOUTH OF SR-357 TO NORTH OF SR-394 Pavement Improvement $5,191,759
TENNESSEE CARROLL 900031 Bridges over the Big Sandy River LM 7.64 and Overflow LM 7.56 Bridge Replacement $1,802,813
TENNESSEE CARTER 1000025 Bridge over the Watauga River (LM 1.72) Bridge Replacement $1,702,780
TENNESSEE CHEATHAM 1100027 BRIDGE OVER SPRING CREEK, LM 0.32 Bridge Replacement $512,092