State Aid for Local Transportation

Pavement design

Pavement design software and charts

Flexible pavement design

• MnDOT flexible pavement design, R-value method (Excel)
• MnPave flexible: flexible (HMA) pavement design
• State Aid flexible pavement design charts using soil factors
  • 7 and 9 ton flexible pavement design using soil factors (PDF)
  • 7 ton national preservation routes flexible pavement design using soil factor (PDF)
  • MnDOT R-value bituminous pavement design chart (PDF)
  • Ultimate 10 ton staged flexible pavement design using soil factors (PDF)

Rigid pavement design

• MnPAVE rigid 3.0: rigid (PCC) pavement design
• Pavementdesigner.org evaluation and comparison to MnPAVE-rigid (PDF)
• R-value vs. design k-value for StreetPave (PDF)
• Use of pavementdesigner.org software for design of concrete pavements for cities and counties (PDF)
• White topping design
  • Bonded overlay design (BCOA)
  • Guide to concrete overlays: sustainable solutions for resurfacing and rehabilitating existing pavements, 05/2014 (PDF)
  • Unbonded overlay design (Excel)

Aggregate surfaced road design

• SD LTAP appendix A – gravel road maintenance and design manual (PDF)

Asphalt binder specifications

• MnDOT PG binder guidelines-MSCR (PDF)
• Overview and information (PDF)

Thinlay specification for local agencies

• Thinlay design guidance (PDF)
  

MnDOT standard specifications for construction and supplemental specifications

• MnDOT standard specifications for construction and supplemental specifications

Pavement design tools

• ESAL calculator (Excel)
• ESAL overview (PDF)
• Flexible pavement mix selection guidance table (PDF)
• GE factors for various materials (PDF)
• Geogrids and GE guidelines (PDF)
• Life cycle cost analysis for pavement projects
  • LCCA process selection
  • LCCA spread sheets by MnDOT district
• Major traffic generators
  • Best practices guide (PDF)
  • Impact tool (Excel)
• SALT R-value determination (PDF)
• Special traffic counts (PDF)
• Vehicle classification

Pavement design resources

• 2360 mix designation number examples (PDF)
• Concrete (PCC) pavements/overlays
  • MnDOT concrete pavement
  • MnDOT concrete pavement rehabilitation
• Consultant specification for soils investigation and design recommendations (Word)
• Falling weight deflectometer
• MnDOT PG binder guidelines (PDF)