The Federal Highway Administration today announced hundreds of highway grants, including a relatively small one for Route 66 in Illinois.
The media release for Illinois from the FHA says that $110,625 has been awarded to install “educational panels along Historic Route 66.”
It didn’t elaborate, but the grant probably will be used to build more of what are called “wayside exhibits” along Route 66. Here’s a picture of the wayside exhibits, before their installation along sites in Pontiac:
That’s the only Route 66-related FHA grant I could find. However, a $2 million grant is going into building a “pedestrian bridge for the ‘City + The Arch + The River’ project in over the Mississippi (River)” in St. Louis. Such a project undoubtedly would be of some interest to many Route 66 aficionados.
New Mexico received a $1.3 million grant to finish a 4.6-mile long reconstruction of Fatima Hill Road near “Sky City” in Acoma Pueblo. This is near Route 66, but doesn’t directly affect it.
New Mexico also received a $326,100 grant to improve public transit along Route 66 in Albuquerque.
The town of Winslow, Ariz., is receiving $488,285 for pedestrian safety improvements.
You can read a state-by-state breakdown of the grants here.
(Hat tip: WEEK-TV in East Peoria, Ill.)