Spreading
Asphalt
Innovation

About

Part of the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Infrastructure, the Mobile Asphalt Technology Center (MATC) is an accredited asphalt laboratory that brings hands-on education, testing, and demonstrations to stakeholders across the transportation industry. We are based at the FHWA Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia, but our lab is housed in a trailer that is on the move and making a difference across the country.

The MATC’s traveling asphalt laboratory facility is fully equipped with traditional and state-of-the-art materials, mixture, and field testing equipment.

About

The MATC Program aims to:

Introduce new and emerging asphalt materials and construction technologies to agency, industry, and academic stakeholders
Provide practical and technical information, leadership, and training for the delivery of long-life asphalt pavements
Assist in advancement of innovations into common practice

The challenges facing the asphalt community are constantly changing and the MATC is available to help.

The MATC provides assistance to members of the asphalt pavement community.

MATC Motivating Innovation Around the Nation

When the FHWA MATC comes to a State DOT paving project, it is sure to have an impact although the full effect of the visit is often realized over several years. The MATC showcases a variety of asphalt mixture and field evaluation tools that hold promise as valuable assets for enhancing the future performance of asphalt pavements while in your state. Learn more about how various state DOTs have benefitted by a site visit in the MATC Motivating Innovation Around the Nation series.

North Dakota DOT

More information available through the MATC:

Explore and download the wide variety of technical documents available on our website.

An Experienced, Knowledgeable Team.

The MATC team members are experienced innovators and asphalt paving professionals, bringing extensive experience in delivering programs and innovation to state DOTs and their stakeholders. The team has expertise in areas such as non-destructive testing, balanced mix design, and inputs to pavement design and analysis tools.

Every day, the MATC achieves its mission through:

Project Site Visits: FHWA is an independent party that provides a national perspective to agencies and industry stakeholders, offering first-hand exposure to new technologies
Capabilities: Since 1988, FHWA has provided agencies and their industry stakeholders with technical assistance by demonstrating a number of materials and mixture tests, along with field technologies, in its mobile asphalt laboratory
Equipment Loan Program: States and industry obtain exposure to new technologies and gain hands-on experience when they borrow equipment from the MATC through its loan program
Customized Training Workshops: Test results and observations from the project site visits and equipment loan program experiences are presented through the delivery of classroom and online training