Thie 2024 Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) Perpetual Pavement Award winners were broken down into three categories: conversion, which is building new asphalt roads over existing ones; outstanding design; and performance for roads that have lasted over 35 years.
Conversion
These projects were honored for outstanding design and construction practices in constructing new asphalt roads over existing roads:
Arkansas Department of Transportation: Hwy. 104 – Hwy. 65B in Jefferson County, Interstate 530, Section 5.
Christian County Highway Department: reconstruction and widening of Christian County Highway 1 in Illinois.
City of Fort Collins: McClelland Street resurfacing in Larimer, Colorado.
Monroe County Road Commission: Samaria Road Improvement Project in Michigan.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation District 4: pavement rehabilitation on I-40 in Canadian County.
Washington State Department of Transportation: I-5 SB / E Fork Lewis River to N Fork Lewis River pavement rehabilitation, in Clark and Cowlitz.
West Virginia Division of Highway: Kenna – Fairplain in Jackson.
Design
These projects were honored for outstanding roadway network design practices:
Arkansas Department of Transportation: Illinois River – Hwy. 170 (S) in Washington County, Hwy. 62, Section 1.
Illinois Tollway: Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) bridge and roadway reconstruction in Winnebago.
Maryland Department of Transportation – State Highway Administration: US 29 in Howard County.
Michigan Department of Transportation: I-96 WB from M-39 to Schaefer in Wayne.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation District 1: US-69 Reconstruction – McIntosh County in McIntosh County.
South Carolina: I-85 SB/NB in Cherokee.
Washington State Department of Transportation: US 12 Nine Mile Hill to Frenchtown Vicinity in Walla Walla County.
Will County Highway Department: Intersection Improvements at Cedar Road (CH4) and Laraway Road (CH 74) in New Lenox, Illinois.
West Virginia Division of Highways: Powell Mountain, Youngs Monument-Birch River Road in Nicholas.
Performance
These awards were given to pavements at least 35 years old that have never experienced a structural failure and have an average resurfacing interval of no less than 13 years:
Arkansas Department of Transportation: Highway 7, Section 1 in Union County.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 11: SR 0168 Shippingport Hill Road in Beaver County.
Florida Department of Transportation: Florida’s Turnpike (SR 91) located in Palm Beach County.
Hawaii Department of Transportation: Route 37, Kula Highway in Maui County.
Indiana Department of Transportation: US 31 added travel lanes from the Johnson/Marion County Line to Beechwood Lane.
Maryland Department of Transportation – State Highway Administration: US-11.
Mississippi Department of Transportation: US Highway 278 from the Panola County line near the Oxford City limits in Lafayette County.
New Mexico Department of Transportation: reconstruction and rehabilitation of New Mexico Route 6, Original Route 66 in Valencia and McKinley Counties.
Tennessee Department of Transportation: Washington County SR-107.
Washington State Department of Transportation: SR 104.
West Virginia Division of Highways: Herold Road in Braxton County.
Learn more about the awards at driveasphalt.org.
