Stimulus money to help a few Route 66 projects March 7, 2009

Money from President Obama’s economic stimulus package is slated to help at least two portions of Route 66 and probably more.

According to the Bloomington Pantagraph, $3.4 million has been designated to resurface Old Route 66 from just south of Towanda, Ill., to north of Lexington, Ill.

And, according to the Mohave Valley Daily News, about $12 million has been slated to reconstruct 48 miles of Oatman Road from just outside of Kingman, Ariz., to Golden Shores, Ariz. Oatman Road is a prominent old alignment of Route 66.

Also, there will be $12 million allocated to rehab or reconstruct Business Loop 44, aka Route 66, in Rolla, Mo., to the Sugar Tree Road exchange near Interstate 44, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

I’m sure more Route 66-related stimulus projects will be announced in the coming weeks. A few states, such as Illinois, still haven’t submitted a complete list.