The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has won 11 quality pavement awards from the Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA).
ALDOT took home the honors during the 66th annual Quality Pavement Awards at the Association’s Officer Installation Luncheon and Pavement Awards Ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025.
Each year, the Association’s asphalt paving contractors submit paving projects for quality in construction award consideration. Thirty-two total projects were evaluated in 2025 with judges traveling 2,036 miles in five days, equivalent to driving from Montgomery, Alabama to Los Angeles, California.
The ALDOT winners were as follows…
Two Lane Highway (7,500 tons to 20,000 tons)
Two ALDOT projects won in this category, both from the Fayette Area in the West Central Region.
The first winner was a pavement project on SR-69 in Walker County. The project spanned 5.2 miles from the Blackwater Creek Bridge to the Sipsey Fork Bridge. It featured 12,959 tons superpave (424) leveling, binder and wearing surface layer.
The second winner in this category was a project on SR-17 in Lamar County. The project spanned 2.9 miles from Old Reform Road to CR-9 in Vernon, and featured 13,509 tons superpave (424) leveling, binder and wearing surface layer.
Two Lane Highway (Greater than 20,000 tons)
The Troy Area in ALDOT’s Southeast Region claimed the award in this category for its project on SR-167 that spanned across both Coffee County and Dale County. The project had 28,289 tons superpave (424) binder and wearing surface layer for a total distance of 11 miles from the Geneva County Line to SR-192 in Enterprise.
Multi-Lane Highway (15,000 tons to 50,000 tons)
There were seven total ALDOT winners in the smaller of the two Multi-Lane Highway categories. The project winners are listed below.
ALDOT’s Tuscumbia Area in the North Region for its project on US-43 in Franklin County. The project had a total length of 4.9 miles from Underwood Road to CR-36. It featured 23,536 tons superpave (424) binder and wearing surface layer.
ALDOT’s Alex City Area in the East Central Region for its project on US-280 in Talladega County. The project spanned 5.8 miles from Old Sylacauga Highway to Cossa Street in Sylacauga. It featured 32,263 tons superpave (424) widening and leveling layer and SMA (423) binder and wearing surface layer.
ALDOT’s Fayette Area in the West Central Region for its project on SR-5 in Walker County. The project had a total distance of 4.1 miles from the Jefferson County line to Rocky Ridge Road northwest of Sumiton. It was the heaviest of ALDOT’s winners with 44,824 tons superpave (424) binder and wearing surface layer.
ALDOT’s Alex City Area in the East Central Region claimed a second win in this category for its project on US-431 in Randolph County. The 4.4-mile project from south of Buford Adamson Road to CR-239 in Wedowee featured 15,301 superpave (424) leveling, binder and wearing surface layer.
ALDOT’s Tuscumbia Area also earned a second winner in this category for its project on SR-67 in Morgan County. The project, which spanned 5.2 miles from US-31 to SR-24, featured 27,081 tons superpave (424) binder and wearing surface layer.
ALDOT’s Birmingham Area in the East Central Region also claimed a victory for its project on I-59 in Jefferson County. The project spanned 3.3 miles from Vanderbilt Road to Aviation Avenue and featured 17,919 tons superpave (424) leveling, binder and wearing surface layer and OGFC (420) layer.
ALDOT’s Guntersville Area in the North Region rounded out the Multi-Lane Highway category awards for its project on I-59 in Etowah County. The longest of the seven winning projects spanned 8.5 miles from the St. Clair County line to north of US-431 (Exit 183). The project had 18,799 tons superpave (424) binder and wearing surface layer and OGFC (420) layer.
Reconstruction (Greater than 50,000 tons)
The Tuscaloosa Area in ALDOT’s West Central Region claimed the victory in the largest reconstruction category for its project on US-82 in Tuscaloosa County. The project spanned 2.8 miles from SR-69 to Rice Mine Road and featured 58,560 tons superpave (424) base, leveling, binder and wearing surface layer.
