RICHMOND (AP) -- The federal government has approved $285 million in funding for 45 Virginia highway projects in the first wave of stimulus cash devoted to transportation.

The biggest single project is $27.7 million in Newport News and York County to widen Route 105, the main road leading into the Army's Fort Eustis.

There's $25 million to add turn lanes to Route 3 near Fredericksburg, and there's about the same amount for three projects in Chesapeake, including the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail.

It's the first of nearly $700 million in transportation stimulus cash the state is scheduled to receive over the next year.

U.S. Department of Transportation data shows all but about $15 million of Virginia's money in the first round goes to widening or upgrading existing roads or bridges.