The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Monday Mercer County nabbed $10.7 million for highway and other improvements under the federal stimulus package.

The measure recently passed by Congress includes funds for roads, bridges and other public works projects will be released to stimulate the economy. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Pennsylvania snared $1.4 billion for projects throughout the state.

In breaking it down further, PennDOT’s six-county region which comprises Mercer County got $54 million for projects under the program.

“Without the stimulus funds we would not have been able to do these projects this year,’’ said Deborah Casadei, a PennDOT spokeswoman. “The majority of these projects will be finished this construction season which usually ends in November.’’

Other highway and bridge projects were announced by PennDOT on Monday under its regular construction project list. Under this list Mercer County will have $34.2 million of work completed over the next two years. While much of the work can be done this year, bids still have to go out for these projects.

By far the biggest ticket of those projects is the $24.25 bridge replacement and rehabilitation in Sharon on South Dock Street and state Route 60 over the Shenango River and railroad tracks. This bridge replacement will take more than a year to complete.

“This is going to be an extremely busy construction season,’’ Casadei said. “We’re going to have lots of bridge and paving work.’’

Stimulus projects

Stimulus transportation projects in the county are:

• U.S. Route 62 highway restoration from Franklin Road to Main Street in Jackson Township and Jackson Center. Cost: $3 million.

• Various resurfacing projects on Routes 62, 19, 58, state Routes 1002 and 1028 in Coolspring, Fairview, French Creek, Greene, Perry and Sandy Creek Townships and Fredonia, Jamestown and Sheakleyville. Cost: $2.6 million.

• Various resurfacing projects of Routes 18, 2005 and 4019 in Greenville, along with Pine, Hempfield, Sugar Grove and Salem Townships. Cost: $1.652 million.

• Various replacements of railroad crossing pavement markers on a number of sites throughout the county. Cost: $65,000.

• Resurfacing of Interstate 80 from the Ohio border to 15 miles inside Mercer County which will cover Shenango, Lackawannock and East Lackawannock townships. Cost: $2.4 million.