Development of a Regional Model for Pavement Design for Local Low-Volume Road Conditions
The United States has thousands of miles of low volume roadways that are located in a variety of climate zones and underutilized socioeconomic areas; most of them inhabited by traditionally underserved rural and urban communities. The Departments of Transportation have designed and constructed resilient long-life pavements in these areas, which has resulted in improving mobility of people and goods. These pavements have lower life cycle and user costs, saving agencies millions of dollars in maintenance and rehabilitation and minimizing traffic disruption for the life of the pavement. In this project, the researchers will conduct a calibration process to region specific local (rural versus urban) and environmental conditions, policies, and materials that will allow for the development of state-of-the-art technology to improve design methods and construction procedures for low volume roads. The use of locally available recycled materials including the existing pavement structure and chip seal surfacing will be given high priority in these methods along with the inclusion of local environmental factors and pavement preservation factors as well as equity and environmental justice related policy matters.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $202,500.00
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552344813
69A3552348318
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Managing Organizations: Prairie View, TX United States
- Performing Organizations: College Station, TX United States
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Principal Investigators:
Goehl, Darlene
- Start Date: 20251101
- Expected Completion Date: 20271031
- Actual Completion Date: 20271031
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
- Source Data: 01-23-TTI
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Low volume roads; Maintenance; Pavement design; Recycled materials
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 02001925
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Infrastructure Transformation
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552344813, 69A3552348318
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Sep 10 2026 11:03AM