Pavements

Asphalt Pavement Design and Construction

Informational Webpage

• In-place Pavement Density

Tech Briefs: Construction

• Tech Brief: Advances in the Design, Production, and Construction of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA),
  FHWA-HIF-22-042 2022
• Asphalt Density:
  
  • Enhanced In-place Density Demonstration Projects (One Pager)
  • Tech Brief #1: Demonstration Projects and Related Specifications,
    FHWA-HIF-21-020 2021
    • 1-page Summary of Strategies for Improving Asphalt Pavement Density,
      FHWA-HIF-24-091 2024
  • Tech Brief #2: Techniques and Tools for Improving Density,
    FHWA-HIF-21-021 2021
  • Tech Brief #3: Overcoming Obstacles to Achieving Density,
    FHWA-HIF-21-022 2021
  • Tech Brief #4: Improving Longitudinal Joint Performance,
    FHWA-HIF-21-023 2021
• Tech Brief: Tack Coat Best Practices,
  FHWA-HIF-16-017 2016
• Tech Brief: Intelligent Compaction for Asphalt Materials,
  2010

Reports: Construction

• FHWA Demonstration Project for Enhanced Durability of Asphalt Pavements through Increased In-place Pavement Density, Phase 3,
  FHWA-HIF-20-003 2020
• Increased Density to Improve Pavement Durability Demonstration Project - NDOT 3716,
  Cooperative Agreement Material 2021

Tech Briefs: Design

• Tech Brief: Advances in the Design, Production, and Construction of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA),
  FHWA-HIF-22-042 2022
• Tech Brief: Comparison of Rehabilitation Strategies for AC Pavements,
  FHWA-RD-00-166 2000
• Tech Brief: Performance Trends of Rehabilitation AC Pavements,
  FHWA-RD-00-165 2000
• Tech Brief: Improved Asphalt Pavement Sustainability Through Perpetual Pavement Design,
  FHWA-HIF-19-080
• Tech Brief: Implementation of Remaining Service Interval Concept,
  FHWA-HRT-16-066 2016
• Tech Brief: Determination of In-Place Elastic Layer Modulus: LTPP Backcalculation Methodology and Procedures,
  FHWA-HRT-15-037 2015
• Tech Brief: Porous Asphalt Pavements with Stone Reservoirs,
  FHWA-HIF-15-009 2015
• Tech Brief: Asphalt Material Characterization for AASHTOWare^® Pavement ME Design Using an Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT),
  FHWA-HIF-13-060 2013
• Tech Brief: Roughness Trends of Flexible Pavements,
  FHWA-RD-98-132 1998
• Tech Brief: Improved Guidance for Users of the 1993 AASHTO Flexible Pavement Design Procedures,
  FHWA-RD-97-091 1997

Publications

• Long-Term Pavement Performance Information Management System User Guide,
  FHWA-HRT-21-038 2021
• FHWA Demonstration Project for Enhanced Durability of Asphalt Pavements through Increased In-place Pavement Density, Phase 3,
  FHWA-HIF-20-003 2020