The America’s Transportation Awards competition is presented by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and co-sponsored by the AAA motor club and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It recognizes projects completed by state transportation departments that improve travel safety, reduce roadway congestion and provide more travel options to consumers. These projects are entered under three categories: Quality of Life/Community Development, Best Use of Innovation and Under Budget and grouped into three sizes: small for projects costing less than $25 million, medium for those between $26 million and $199 million and large for those costing $200 million or more.

This year 84 projects were submitted for consideration and 29 of them won awards across four geographic regions. The Top 12 list represents the very best based on scores assigned to them by a panel of judges representing the transportation industry. This same panel will select the winner of the Grand Prize and you and the rest of America, will select the People’s Choice Award. Both of these awards will be announced on November 14 at the AASHTO annual conference in Boston.

How voting works: You may vote on any number of projects, once per day. You may vote again for the same project(s) once 24 hours have elapsed. Voting period will close at 11:00 PM on October 31.