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highway engineering, cost effectiveness, highway design, highway maintenance, asphalt pavements, concrete pavements, highway departments, state highway departments, data collection, information dissemination, research, pavement tests, data analysis, progr |
摘要: |
Improving the productivity and mobility of the national highway transportation system are key goals of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). During 2006, FHWAs Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program worked toward these goals through its efforts to provide answers to how and why pavements perform as they do. To better understand pavement performance, the LTPP program gathers and processes data describing the structure, service conditions, and performance of 2,513 pavement test sections in North America. Highway engineers use these data and data analysis findings to help make decisions that lead to more cost-effective and better performing pavements. / Supplementary Notes: See also report for 2005, PB2006-115128. / |