For 2024, NSBA debuted a brand-new award that recognizes the driving force behind extraordinary bridges: extraordinary owners, whose vision and dedication to the public keep America moving.

The inaugural recipient of the Owner of the Year award is the Texas Department of Transportation.

"TxDOT isn't just implementing best practices for designing and building steel bridges--it is defining how an owner can maximize the potential of steel," said NSBA Senior Director for Market Development Jeff Carlson, PE. "Recent projects like the remarkably economical Brazos River Bridge (pictured here) demonstrate how TxDOT's longstanding investment in steel bridge research is paying dividends for Texans, today and tomorrow."