Asphalt Pavements

Current Projects and Activities

• Asphalt Pavement Recycling with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP)
• Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT) 
• Expert Task Group on Asphalt Mixtures & Construction; Asphalt Binders; and Models Technology
• Mobile Asphalt Pavement Mixture Laboratory
• Foamed Recycled Asphalt Pavement The Louisiana Experience
• Slurry/Micro-Surface Mix Design Procedure Project
• Superpave Regional Centers
• Superpave Implementation Update
• Recycling Team activities
• RD&T Recycling Information
• Warm Mix Asphalt Technologies and Research
• Crumb Rubber
• NIOSH Activities

Research

• Asphalt Research

Publications

• TechBrief: An Alternative Asphalt Binder, Sulfur-Extended Asphalt (SEA),
  FHWA-HIF-12-037 2012
• The Use and Performance of Asphalt Binder Modified with Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA),
  FHWA-HIF-12-030 2012
• Quality Base Material Produced Using Full Depth Reclamation on Existing Asphalt Pavement Structure,
  FHWA-HIF-12-015 2012
• Identifying Existing/Emerging Technologies in the Area of Intelligent Construction,
  FHWA-HIF-12-014 2011
• The Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) Procedure,
  FHWA-HIF-11-038 2011

View all Asphalt Publications

NHI Training

• 131064 Introduction to Mechanistic Design for New and Rehabilitated Pavements
• 131063 Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation
• 131032 Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction
• 131044 Hot-Mix Asphalt Production Facilities
• 131045 Hot-Mix Asphalt Materials, Characteristics and Control
• 131050 Asphalt Pavement Recycling Technologies
• 131053 - Superpave Fundamentals (not currently offered)
• 131023 Highway Materials Engineering

Other Training

• Asphalt Training
• Hot Mix Asphalt for the Undergraduate

Asphalt Team Oversees Cost Effective Solutions

Our staff works with Expert Task Groups (the ETGs)-which include representatives of the States, industry, and universities-to discuss ongoing national asphalt projects that are funded directly by the FHWA or through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP).

More Information

• Pavement Materials
• Pavement Publications
• Percent Within Limits

Contacts

John Bukowski
Office of Pavement Technology
202-366-1287
E-mail John

Jack Youtcheff
Turner Fairbank (Materials and Construction)
202-493-3090
E-mail Jack

Tom Harman
Resource Center (Baltimore)
410-962-0134
E-mail Tom

Katherine Petros
Turner Fairbank (Modeling)
202-493-3154
E-mail Katherine