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Public Roads: 80 Years Old, But The Best Is Yet to Come

Public Roads was first published in May 1918. So, that makes the magazine 80 years old. But this is not an old, stodgy magazine. Public Roads maintains the strength, vitality, energy, and enthusiasm of the young - knowing that the best years are yet to come.

Communication Product Updates

Below are brief descriptions of reports recently published by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.

Wealth of Information Presented At Superpave Conference

"We cannot expect the technology of the World War II erato meet the demands of our nation today," said Federal Highway AdministratorKenneth Wykle. "In the past 10 years alone, traffic volume in this countryhas doubled, and pavement loadings have quadrupled."

AASHTO's Sitemanager Tames Contract Documentation

A single highway construction contract can easily produce 10,000 pages of documents. In a state, such as Iowa, that awards an average of 300 highway contracts annually, the contracts let in only one year can generate a stack of paper as tall as a 40-story building.