Six road projects, including the emergency repair of the Brent Spence Bridge after it was damaged in a fiery tractor trailer crash, have won awards from the Mid America Association of Transportation Officials.
The awards are part of the run-up to the America’s Transportation Awards. The winning road projects are as follows:
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet — Brent Spence Bridge Emergency Repair Project (Operations Excellence, Small category)
The Indiana Department of Transportation opened the Grand Valley Boulevard Bridge on June 15, 2020, in Martinsville. Replacing a section of four-lane State Road 37, the bridge gives drivers and pedestrians a safe connection to neighborhoods, schools and businesses.Indiana Department of Transportation
The Ohio Department of Transportation’s $27 million rehabilitation project for the Charles Berry Memorial Bridge in Lorain provided needed mechanical updates that increased the bascule bridge's safety.Ohio Department of Transportation
Originally designed as a toll road in the 1960s but toll booths were never installed, the Turner Diagonal Interchange in Kansas City had three miles of obsolete and hazardous ramps. The Kansas Department of Transportation's $30.3 million project increased safety and economic development.Kansas DOT
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation began work on a $410.5 million upgrade of I-94 South Freeway that passes through Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties that improved safety and saved time and money by using techniques such as placing ground heaters to control frost so construction could continue in the colder months.Wisconsin DOT
Interstate 255 in Metro East ranked as one of the worst roads in the state until the Illinois Department of Transportation's $67 million rehabilitation. The project included bridge repairs, resurfacing, better highway lighting, and guardrail, safety and drainage upgrades.Illinois DOT
This is the third of four regional contests within the national America’s Transportation Awards competition. The three highest-scoring projects from each regional competition earn a place on a “Top 12” list of projects, which will compete for the Grand Prize – selected by an independent panel of industry judges – and the People’s Choice Award, chosen by the public through online voting.
The top two winners also receive $10,000 cash awards, to be donated to a charity or scholarship of the state DOT’s choosing.
The “Top 12 finalists” vying for the Grand Prize and People’s Choice awards will be announced this month, with online voting for the People’s Choice award beginning at the same time.
The winners of both Grand Prize and People’s Choice awards will be announced in October at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in San Diego.
The awards are sponsored by AASHTO, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
