Pavement

The majority of transportation dollars are spent designing, constructing, and maintaining the nation's pavement system. Even the slightest improvement can have a tremendous impact on stretching taxpayer dollars and extending the longevity of the pavement. LTRC's pavement evaluation group investigates ways to improve roadway performance, extend the life of pavements, enhance safety, and reduce costs associated with construction, operation, and maintenance of the state highway system. This is accomplished through in-house and contract research programs.

LTRC technical capabilities include pavement evaluations for rideability, pavement distress analysis, pavement friction, non-destructive methods of pavement layer examinations, and pavement forensic analysis. The pavement group maintains a wide variety of specialized pavement evaluation equipment including the Falling Weight Deflectometer , Dynaflect, Pavement friction tester, and Automated profiler and Imaging system.