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  1. Stillwater Bridge - Minnesota and Wisconsin. This project consists of a new National Highway System crossing of the St. Croix River, which is the State line between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The purpose of this project is to provide the capacity for existing and future traffic needs and to remove through traffic from local traffic within downtown historic Stillwater, MN.

  2. Interstate 93 Improvements - New Hampshire. The purpose of this project is to improve safety and transportation efficiency by widening a 19-mile stretch of Interstate 93 between Salem and Manchester and reconstructing interchanges. In addition, there are multi-modal considerations, such as reactivating rail service and improving bus transit service.

  3. Philadelphia International Airport Improvements - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This project consists of major airfield improvements at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) through the construction of new runways and related taxiways. PHL is a major east coast airport and has substantial capacity needs. To accommodate those capacity needs, the airport proposes to add a runway.

  4. Interstate 69 (I-69) Corridor - Texas. This is a major grouping of projects - on the entire length of I-69 in Texas, representing 13 Environmental Impact Statements based on a FHWA decision to break I-69 Texas Corridor into 13 Segments of Independent Utility (SIU). Despite a high level of coordination and cooperation to date, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is concerned about Federal agency future positions on pre-NEPA decisions and on how to address cumulative and indirect environmental impacts.

  5. Lower Manhattan Recovery Effort - New York. The Federal Transit Administration is administering $4.75 billion for a wide range of proposed projects to replace, rebuild or enhance the transportation system in lower Manhattan. Projects identified thus far, include the Port Authority Trans Hudson (Path) Station at the World Trade Center, the South Ferry Terminal, and the Fulton Street Transit Center.

  6. Interstate Highway 66 - Kentucky. The proposed project is a segment of the TransAmerica Corridor (Future I-66) extending from KY 80 east of Somerset, to I-75 near London, Kentucky. When completed, I-66 will improve accessibility throughout southern Kentucky to jobs, industry, urban centers, educational facilities, tourism and recreational facilities.

  7. US 93 corridor - Montana. The Montana US 93 corridor is roughly 288 miles long and approximately 26-30 projects are at various stages of development throughout its length. The project is important to the transportation needs of the northern Rocky Mountain region.

  8. Los Angeles International Airport - California. The proposal is to add a new alternative to the ongoing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This alternative is a compromise to other airport expansion proposals in the EIS and master plan. It will reconfigure the runways to accommodate a new center taxiway and includes new passenger handling facilities to improve homeland security, airport-wide people mover system, and connection to an interstate and the metro transit system.

  9. InterCounty Connector (ICC) - Maryland. The ICC is a link to existing development areas between the highly developed I-270 and I-95/U.S. 1 corridors within central and eastern Montgomery County and western Prince George's County. It has been on the Counties' land use plans for 40 years. The ICC is intended to: provide infrastructure needed to support local land use plans; increase community mobility and safety; improve access between economic growth centers; enhance environmental planning and design; and advance homeland security.

  10. Interstate 5 North Coast - California. The I-5 North Coast Project will construct additional general-purpose lanes, a HOV/Managed Lane facility, and operational improvements on I-5 from San Diego to Oceanside. In addition to those 26 miles of improvements, the project also will include a two-mile segment of Interstate 805 in San Diego.

  11. Route 11 Extension - Connecticut. This project will complete the Route 11 freeway, a distance of 8.5 miles. The project will extend the freeway from Salem to Interstate 95 in East Lyme/Waterford. The construction of Route 11 started in the 1970s, but a lack of funding prevented its completion. The project was reinitiated in 1997.

  12. US Route 411 Connector - Georgia. The purpose of the proposed US 411 Connector is to improve connectivity by providing a more direct link between US 411 and I-75. The project will separate through traffic from locally generated traffic, reducing congestion in the corridor. US 411 is a critical link in Georgia's portion of the Atlanta to Memphis Highway.

  13. Nelsonville Bypass - Ohio. This proposed project will provide a bypass of US 33 through Nelsonville. The proposed bypass is the last segment of US 33 in southeast Ohio that requires an environmental study to upgrade it to a four-lane divided facility. A variety of sensitive resources, including Wayne National Forest, floodplains, wetlands, streams, and threatened and endangered species may be subject to impacts by the proposed bypass.

  14. Trinity River Parkway - Texas. The Trinity Parkway project is a new ten-mile road along the Trinity River corridor. The purpose of the project is to relieve serious congestion on I-35, I-30, and other major transportation facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

  15. St. George Replacement Airport - Utah. This project consists of the construction of a replacement commercial service airport designed to accommodate the forecast aviation needs of the community. Because the present St. George Airport (SGU) is built on a plateau, it cannot be modified to meet FAA's design standards or to accommodate anticipated future demand.