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Effect of Tack Coat Material Type and Application Rate on the Bond Strength

  • Author: Louay N. Mohammad, Louisiana State University

Multi-Stress Creep and Recovery Test Method New Specification

  • Author: John D'Angelo, Federal Highway Administration

Update on TFHRC Research into the Phosphoric Acid Modification of Asphalt

  • Author: John D'Angelo, Federal Highway Administration

Cost Effective Paving Solutions for Municipalities

  • Author: Tim Glanzman, Councilman, Spring Valley, TX

Polymer-Modified Interstates in Arkansas: A 5-year Review

  • Author: Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas

Update on Martin Luther King Bridge Deck Overlay & Evaluating PG Grade in 4.75-mm Sand Mixes

  • Author: Richard C. Mauch, Illinois Department of Transportation

Midwestern States Perspective and Experience with Modified Asphalt

  • Author: Rebecca McDaniel, North Central Superpave Center

Texas Update

  • Author: Gerald Peterson, Texas Department of Transportation

Utah Experience with Elastomeric Binder Modification

  • Author: Kevin VanFrank, Utah Department of Transportation

Performance of Modified Asphalt Used on Kentucky Roadways

  • Author: Allen Myers, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Massachusetts Trends

  • Author: John Blundo, Massachusetts Highway Department

Pavement Selection... A Municipal Perspective

  • Author: Tim Glanzman, Councilman, Spring Valley, TX

Binder Experience with Open Graded Friction (OGFC) In Massachusetts

  • Author: Edmund Naras, Massachusetts Highway Department

What Would Make a DOT Use Modified Asphalt?

  • Author: Kevin Keith, Missouri Department of Transportation

Development of a Modified High Performance Thin Overlay HMA for NJDOT

  • Author: Thomas Bennert, Rutgers University

Pennsylvania's Experience with Modified Asphalts

  • Author: Dean Mauer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Airport Asphalt Pavement Technology Program Update

  • Author: Monte Symons, Auburn University

Performance of Modified Asphalts Used on the NCAT Pavement Test Track

  • Author: R. Buzz Powell, National Center for Asphalt Technology

Determination of Lime in Hot Mix Asphalt

  • Author: Terry Arnold, Federal Highway Administration

Phosphoric Acid Modified Asphalt

  • Author: Terry Arnold, Federal Highway Administration

New Jersey Solutions to Complex Paving Challenges

  • Author: Robert Sauber, New Jersey Department of Transportation

Development of a High Temperature Performance Based Binder Specification

  • Author: John D'Angelo, Federal Highway Administration

Georgia's Construction Experience Using PMA Hot Mix Asphalt

  • Author: Sheila Hines, Georgia Department of Transportation

Maryland's Experience with Modified Asphalt

  • Author: Larry L. Michael, Consultant

Use of Modified Asphalts in Florida

  • Author: Gale Page, Florida Department of Transportation

Before and After - TxDOT's Experience with Modified

  • Author: Gerald Peterson, Texas Department of Transportation

FHWA's Pavement Program

  • Author: Tommy Beatty, Federal Highway Administration

Future Direction for Specs

  • Author: John D'Angelo, Federal Highway Administration

Update on TPF TPF-5(019) - Full-Scale Accelerated Performance Testing for Superpave and Structural Validation

  • Author: Thomas Harman, Federal Highway Administration

The Minuses of Plus Specifications

  • Author: Ken Grzybowski, PRI Asphalt Technologies, Inc.

TxDOT's Specifications to Predict Performance

  • Author: Darren G. Hazlett, Texas Department of Transportation

CALTRANS Moving toward PG Grading

  • Author: Rita Leahy and Anne Stonex, MACTEC Engineering

PMA Experience in Nevada

  • Author: Dean Weitzel, Nevada DOT

Why NJDOT Is Going Modified

  • Author: Robert W. Sauber, New Jersey Department of Transportation

Georgia's Extensive Experience with Modified Binders

  • Author: Peter Wu, Georgia Department of Transportation

The Use of Modified Asphalt in Bridge Deck Overlays

  • Author: Richard C. Mauch, Illinois Department of Transportation

Impact of Polymer Modified Binders on the DSR Creep Properties of HMA Mixtures

  • Author: Gerald Reinke and Stacy Glidden, Mathy Technology & Engineering Services