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
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
Aggregate surfaced road design
Asphalt binder specifications
Thinlay specification for local agencies
MnDOT standard specifications for construction and supplemental specifications
Pavement design tools
- ESAL calculator (Excel)
- ESAL overview (PDF)
- Flexible pavement mix selection guidance table (PDF)
- Granular Equivalence (G.E.) values for various materials (PDF)
- Geogrids and GE guidelines (PDF)
- Life cycle cost analysis for pavement projects
- Major traffic generators
- SALT R-value determination (PDF)
- Special traffic counts (PDF)
- Vehicle classification