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.