Pavements
The FHWA Pavements & Materials Program provides leadership and technologies for the delivery and management of safe, durable, cost effective, and sustainable pavements. Our seven program areas are
- Pavement Design
- Materials
- Quality Assurance
- Pavement Construction
- Pavement Management
- Pavement Rehabilitation & Preservation
- Sustainable Pavements
Within these programs, technical experts from the Office of Infrastructure Headquarters Office work collaboratively with experts from the Resource Center, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Office of Federal Lands, and Division Offices to meet our stakeholders' needs.
Current Key Initiatives
- FHWA Climate Challenge
- Pavement Design Policy
- EDC-6 e-Ticketing
- EDC-6 Targeted Overlay Pavement Solutions (TOPS)
- Demonstration to Advance New Pavement Technologies Pooled Fund
- LCA Pave Tool
Watch recordings from the recent FHWA Pavement Webinar Series to learn more about the Program.
- Introduction to FHWA's Pavement & Materials Program; Updates on Pavement Design Policy (November 2020)
- FHWA Pavement Design Program Updates; Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA): The Current State of Practice (November 2020)
- FHWA Pavement Preservation Program; Update on the FHWA Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program; Friction for Safety Performance Modeling and Analysis (December 2020)
- Fostering the Tie Between Asphalt Materials and Pavement Design (January 2020)
- FHWA Concrete Program Impacts, Working with States and Industry to Advance Concrete Technology (February 2021)
- Improving Pavement Sustainability and Resiliency (March 2021)