It can be termed as the building block of the pavements without which all the pavement materials would behave independently and thus will be deemed useless. Almost ninety percent of bitumen is used in ...

From well-traveled highways to parking lots and driveways, asphalt is the “icing” on the layer cake of materials that give the roadway strength and stability. Asphalt holds aggregate materials ...

Inexpensive tack coat can significantly improve the bond between pavement layers, improving pavement strength, reducing surface-course sliding and reducing top-down cracking Application of tack coat ...

Motorists now can drive through the work zone on Minnesota Highway 1 south of Ely. Motorists had to use a lengthy detour in the summer while crews worked on rebuilding five miles of the highway. The ...

While on the road, you’re probably thinking more about your destination than the pavement you’re driving over. But building roads requires a host of engineering feats, from developing the right ...

Similar to cool roofs, light-colored pavement developed by a Phoenix company is designed to reduce the urban heat island effect and reflect heat back into space. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

The Pavement Engineering and Science program in the Civil & Environmental Engineering department was selected by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to stimulate, facilitate and expedite the ...