Porous Asphalt Pavement Performance in Cold Regions

Status: Complete
Report Date: 04/30/2012

Summary:

Full-depth porous asphalt test sections at MnROAD performed well in terms of draining and filtering water, providing excellent traction and noise absorption, and hastening snow and ice melt. While the test sections did exhibit rutting and surface raveling problems, their overall performance was acceptable and may well suit low-volume and reduced loading applications.

Project Personnel:

Principal Investigator: Matthew Lebens

Co-Principal Investigator: Brett Troyer

Technical Liaison: Larry Matsumoto

Project Coordinator: Bruce Holdhusen

Panel Members:
Bernard Izevbekhai - Materials & Road Research
Bob Lisi - LHB Inc.
John Gorder - City of Eagan
Larry Lueth - City of St. Paul
Marilyn Jordahl-Larson - Operations Div Admin
Mark Doneux - Capitol Region Watershed District
Shawn Sanders - City of Stillwater
Shongtao Dai - Materials & Road Research