The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is on the front line when it comes to promoting new technologies that give them continuous, full-coverage asphalt pavement density testing ...

Something unique is on the way that will hopefully help the county transportation department find the best combination of asphalt paving for our area for the best price. It's informally being called a ...

The development of porous asphalt pavements was a big innovation in the industry. Theses surfaces improve safety while also decreasing the sound pollution when cars drive on it. However, this type of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jingtao Zhong, University of Tennessee and Baoshan Huang, University of Tennessee (THE ...

A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor is working with the Texas Department of Transportation to test the durability of roads made from recycled asphalt, using an accelerated ...

Asphalt mix design equipment: Includes Superpave gyratory, Hveem and Marshall Compactors. Stabilometers and Marshall Press. Asphalt mixture performance tester (AMPT): Measures mechanical properties of ...

Roads rarely attract attention unless something goes wrong, which explains why most drivers never think about what lies ...

Given roads are everywhere and involve some carbon-intensive processes to build, scientists are investigating how alternative materials could make the whole process more sustainable. We've seen how ...

(THE CONVERSATION) More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of asphalt, which is constructed with nonrenewable materials such as petroleum. One way to make paving more sustainable is to ...

A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor is working with the Texas Department of Transportation to test the durability of roads made from recycled asphalt, using an accelerated ...