The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (Louisiana DOTD) initiated the implementation of the Superpave® system by the end of the past decade. This study evaluated 8 to 10 years of field performance of 21 Louisiana Superpave projects, which included five Interstates, four U.S. routes, and 12 Louisiana routes. The evaluation was limited to the field performance of projects relative to age and did not consider factors associated with materials or construction. The criteria used to evaluate performance were confined to rutting, the international roughness index (IRI), alligator cracking, and random cracking. Superpave distress data were collected and stored in the pavement management system database of the Louisiana DOTD every 2 years. The collected data sets were analyzed and compared with Louisiana performance prediction models. These models were developed in the late 1990s by an expert panel from the Louisiana DOTD to predict the deterioration of pavement near the end of its design life. The original performance prediction models were reevaluated in 2002, and roughness models were implemented in 2003. The analysis indicated that after 8 to 10 years of service, most of the projects on Interstate and state highways were in good condition relative to the distress factors evaluated. Superpave seemed to control the early rutting and cracking in hot-mix construction while maintaining good IRI over the years. Points of concern, however, were the few issues of rutting on U.S. highways and cracking on Louisiana routes. In general, the rate of deterioration for rutting and IRI was lower than the prediction from the performance models.
Performance of Superpave Projects in Louisiana
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2207 , 1 ; 16-24
2011-01-01
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
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