President Donald Trump has revived a debate about the best and most cost-effective way to build roads, favoring blacktop over ...

There is a common belief that concrete pavements are stronger than asphalt pavements. The reason for this misconception is that comparisons are not made on equivalent designs. The traffic-carrying ...

The American Concrete Pavement Association released a white paper compiling research around how concrete pavement is uniquely suited for building sustainable road surfaces.

After concrete is poured for highway pavement, for example, it takes hours to cure and become strong enough to open for traffic. The timing of when to open a highway depends on when the concrete ...

Roads that charge your electric vehicle while you drive?! Today’s INDOT Innovates feature is one of the first of its kind: a contactless wireless-charging concrete pavement highway segment.

This article was originally published with the title “Wood and Concrete Pavements” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 21 No. 12 (September 1869), p. 185 doi:10.1038 ...