| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| AB | Aggregate Base |
| ACC | Acid Copper Chromate |
| ACTT | Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADT | Average Daily Traffic |
| AEP | American Electric Power |
| AGC | Associated General Contractors of America |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASR | Alkali-Silica Reaction |
| ATB | Asphalt-Treated Base |
| ATCs | Alternative Technical Concepts |
| ATMS | Advanced Traffic Management System |
| BANs | Bond Anticipation Notes |
| BIMRS | Bridge Incident Management and Response System |
| BMPs | Best Management Practices |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| CB | Citizen Band |
| CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
| C-D | Collector-Distributor |
| CDC | Community Development Center |
| CE | Categorical Exclusion |
| CIP | Cast-in-Place |
| CM at Risk | Construction Manager at Risk |
| CMAQ | Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality |
| CMP | Congestion Mitigation Plan |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPM | Critical Path Method |
| CRC/CRCP | Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement |
| CSO | Combined Sewer Overflow |
| CSS | Context Sensitive Solutions |
| CTB | Cement-Treated Base |
| D-B | Design-Build |
| D-B-B | Design-Bid-Build |
| DBE | Disadvantaged Business Enterprise |
| DDOT | Detroit Department of Transportation |
| DEIS | Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
| DIBC | Detroit International Bridge Company |
| DIE | Detroit Industrial Expressway |
| DMS | Dynamic Message Sign |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DRB | Dispute Review Board |
| EA | Environmental Assessment |
| EJ | Environmental Justice |
| EMS | Emergency Management System |
| EPS | Expanded Polystyrene |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FEIS | Final Environmental Impact Statement |
| FFY | Federal Fiscal Year |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FMS | Freeway Management System |
| FONSI | Finding of No Significant Impacts |
| FRP | Fiber Reinforced Polymer |
| GARVEE | Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GISIGOSO | Get In, Stay In, Get Out, Stay Out |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GRS | Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil |
| HAR | Highway Advisory Radio |
| HfL | Highways for LIFE |
| HMA | Hot Mix Asphalt |
| HOT | High Occupancy Toll |
| HOV | High Occupancy Vehicle |
| HPC | High-Performance Concrete |
| HPS | High-Performance Steel |
| ICC | Interagency Coordination Committee |
| IM | Incident Management |
| IMTF | Incident Management Task Force |
| IT/ITS | Intelligent Transportation/Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| JPCP | Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement |
| LOS | Level of Service |
| MDOT | Michigan Department of Transportation |
| MIS | Major Investment Study |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOT | Maintenance of Traffic |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPH | Miles per Hour |
| MPO | Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MSE | Mechanically Stabilized Earth |
| NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NHI | National Highway Institute |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NS | Norfolk Southern |
| PAB | Private Activity Bond |
| PCC | Portland Cement Concrete |
| PCMS | Portable Changeable Message Signs |
| PIO | Public Information Officer |
| PMT | Project Management Team |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnerships |
| PR | Public Relations |
| PS&E | Plan Specification & Estimate |
| PSI | Pounds per Square Inch |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| RAP | Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFQ | Request for Qualifications |
| RIB | Rail Infrastructure Bank |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| ROW | Right-of-Way |
| RPMs | Raised Pavement Markers/Markings |
| RSCH | Repeated Shear at Constant Height |
| RSS | Reinforced Soil Slopes |
| RTA | Regional Transit Authority |
| RWIS | Roadway Weather Information System |
| SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users |
| SCC | Self-Consolidated Concrete |
| SEP | Special Experimental Project |
| SH | State Highway |
| SIB |
State Infrastructure Bank |
| SIP | State Implementation Plan |
| SIP Forms | Stay-in-place Forms |
| SMA | Stone Matrix Asphalt |
| SMART | Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation |
| SPMTs | Self-Propelled Modular Transporters |
| SUE | Subsurface Utility Engineering |
| TDM | Traffic Demand Management |
| TIF | Tax Incremental Financing |
| TIFIA | Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act |
| TIG | Technology Implementation Group |
| TMC | Traffic Management Center |
| TMP | Traffic Management Plan |
| TRAC | Transportation Review Advisory Committee |
| TRB | Transportation Research Board |
| TS&L | Type, Size & Location |
| TSA | Transportation Security Administration |
| TSM | Transportation System Management |
| TSP | Thrift Savings Plan |
| VE | Value Engineering |
| VMS | Variable Message Sign |
| VPD | Vehicles per Day |
| VPPP | Value Pricing Pilot Program |
| WiFi | Wireless Fidelity |
