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Pavement Design

About Pavement Design

The goal of pavement design is to create a structure that can support the expected level of truck traffic and resist weathering until the next scheduled rehabilitation or reconstruction. The 2007 Pavement Design Manual contains the official Mn/DOT pavement design procedures.

 

Data collected from laboratory and field tests is used to improve the reliability of pavement designs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Miscellaneous

 

Documents

 

FWD

 

Friction

 

Minnesota Pavement Noise Study

 

Consultant Specification for Soils Investigation & Design Recommendations (PDF 60 KB, 10 pp)

 

Technical Memos

 

Alternative Bids

Design Tools

 

Software

 

2007 Pavement Design Manual

 

Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)

 

Mn/DOT R-Value Chart (PDF 43 KB, 1 p)

 

Concrete Overlay Design

 

Interim Thickness Design for High-Performance Rigid Pavement (PDF 31 KB, 2 pp)

 

Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide (MEPDG)