The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) announced that 21 agencies earned a 2025 Perpetual Pavement Award for projects throughout the United States.
“These award-winning projects demonstrate what’s possible when agencies commit to long-term performance, smart investment and quality construction,” said Mike Skinner, executive director of the Asphalt Pavement Alliance. “Perpetual Pavements represent a forward-thinking approach that delivers lasting value while supporting durable, sustainable infrastructure.”
Perpetual Pavement awards honor agencies whose roadways demonstrate the characteristics expected from long-life asphalt pavements: excellence in design, quality in construction and value for the traveling public. To win, each project undergoes a meticulous evaluation conducted by engineers at the National Center for Asphalt Technology in Auburn, Alabama. There are three categories of distinction: Perpetual Pavement: By Conversion, Perpetual Pavement: By Design and Perpetual Pavement: By Performance.
Perpetual Pavement: By Conversion honors agencies that demonstrate outstanding design and construction practices, specifically through constructing new asphalt roads over existing roadways. Four agencies earned this award:
• Arkansas Department of Transportation, Highway 55, Section 12 from MM 58.031 to MM 62.461 in Mississippi County
• Chicago Department of Transportation, West Doty Ave. South Rubblization in Cook County
• Washington State Department of Transportation, I-90 Sprague I/C to Argonne I/C Paving from MP 284.41 to MP 287.99 in Spokane County
• West Virginia Division of Highways, Interstate 79 from MP 57.80 to MP 61.35 in Braxton County
Perpetual Pavement: By Design honors agencies whose outstanding roadway network design practices meet Perpetual Pavement design standards. Six agencies earned this award:
• Arkansas Department of Transportation, Highway 18, Section 12 from MM 58.031 to MM 62.461 in Craighead County
• Iowa Department of Transportation, IM-NHS-080-7 (128) 251-03-52 in Johnson/Cedar County
• Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration, MD 5 NB from MP 0.37 to MP 3.16 in Charles County
• Mississippi Department of Transportation, U.S. Highway from the Mississippi River Bridge to Leland in Washington County
• Washington State Department of Transportation, SR 17 from MP 14.58 to MP 21.80 in Grant County
• West Virginia Division of Highways, WV Route 10 from MP 12.56 to MP 19.25 in Logan County
Perpetual Pavement: By Performance is awarded to pavements that are at least 35 years old, have never experienced structural failure and maintain an average interval of at least 13 years between resurfacing. Eleven pavements were recognized in 2025:
• Arkansas Department of Transportation, U.S. Highway 278, Section 13 from LM 0.132 to LM 2.580 in Bradley County
• Colorado Department of Transportation, U.S. 160, Treasure Falls to Wolf Creek in Mineral County
• Florida Department of Transportation, I-75 (SR 93) from MP 0.000 to MP 3.656 in Suwannee County
• Hawaii Department of Transportation, Route 11 in Hawaii County
• Maryland Department of Transportation, U.S. 15 SB from MP 31 to MP 37.8 in Frederick County
• Mississippi Department of Transportation, Mississippi Highway 25 from Mississippi Highway 16 to Mississippi Highway 35 in Leake County
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, SR 308 West Sunbury Road in Butler County
• Tennessee Department of Transportation, SR 53 from LM 0.24 to LM 2.46 in Smith County
• Virginia Department of Transportation, I-81 Southbound from MP 121.397 to 123.442 in Montgomery County
• Washington State Department of Transportation, Steven Pass Highway, U.S. 2, from MP 84.75 to MP 86.77 in Chelan County
• West Virginia Division of Highways, U.S. 19 from MP 17.73 to MP 22.03 in Lewis County
The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (driveasphalt.org) is a coalition of the National Asphalt Pavement Association, the Asphalt Institute and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations. The APA’s mission is to establish asphalt as the preferred choice for quality, performance and the environment.
