Pavement Design
Pavement Design Guidance
- State Aid Flexible Pavement Design Guidance (PDF, 185 KB)
- State Aid Rigid Pavement Design Guidance (PDF, 175 KB)
- Warm Mix Asphalt Design Guidance (PDF, 210 KB)
Pavement Design Software & Charts
Flexible Pavement Design
- MnDOT Flexible Pavement Design, R-value Method (Excel, 0.5 MB)
- MnPave Flexible: Flexible (HMA) Pavement Design
- State Aid Flexible Pavement Design Charts Using Soil Factors
Rigid Pavement Design
- State Aid Rigid Pavement Design Guidelines (PDF, 175 KB)
- MnPaveRigid Pavement Design
- R-Value vs. Design k-Value for StreetPave (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- White Topping Design
Aggregate Surfaced Road Design
Pavement Design Specifications
- MnDOT PG Binder Guidelines-MSCR (PDF, 235 KB)
- Overview and Information (PDF, 0.5 MB)
Thinlay Specification for Local Agencies
- Thinlay Design Guidance (PDF, 185 KB)
- 2360 Thinlay Special Provision 2016 (PDF, 395 KB)
- 3139 Thinlay Special Provision 2016 (PDF, 385 KB)
MnDOT Standard Specifications for Construction
- 2016 MnDOT Standard Specifications for Construction (PDF, 5.5 MB)
- Older Versions (2005, 2000)
MnDOT Special Provisions 2016 Boiler Plates
- Special Provisions – SP2016
- (2016) Quality Management - Paver Mounted Thermal Profile Method
- (2215) Reclamation
- (2215) Reclamation - Quality Management
- (2232) Mill Pavement Surface
- (2301) Concrete Pavement for Alternative Bid
- (2301) Concrete Pavement
- (2301) Dowel Bars
- (2302) Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation
- (2331) Cold-In-Place Recycled (CIR) Bituminous
- (2331) Mastic for Void Filling
- (2353) Ultrathin Bonding Wearing Course (UTBWC) (MSCR)
- (2356) Bituminous Seal Coat
- (2356) Bituminous Underseal
- (2360) Plant Mixed Asphalt Pavement – Local Agency
- (2360) Fine-Graded (4.75 mm) Asphalt Mixture
- (2399) Pavement Surface Smoothness
- (2399) Pavement Smoothness for Alternate Bid
- (3302) Dowel Bars
Pavement Design Tools
- ESAL Calculator (Excel, 30 KB)
- ESAL Overview (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- SALT R-value Determination (PDF, 1 MB)
- Special Traffic Counts (PDF, 220 KB)
- Vehicle Classification
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Pavement Projects
- Falling Weight Deflectometer Project
- Major Traffic Generators
- Best Practices Guide (PDF, 3.5 MB)
- Impact Tool (Excel, 270 KB)
Pavement Design Resources
- State Aid Rules Chapter 8820 (PDF, 440 KB)
- Soil R-value Determination (PDF, 1 MB)
- Special Traffic Counts (PDF, 220 KB)
- Vehicle Classification
- Alternate Bid Life Cycle Cost Analysis
- MnDOT Alternate Bidding Process (PDF, 1 MB)
- MnDOT LCCA Maintenance Activities (PDF, 1 MB)
- Falling Weight Deflectometer
- Guidance (PDF, 170 KB)
- Viewer Tool
- MnDOT Support
- Consultant Specification for Soils Investigation & Design Recommendations
- Concrete (PCC) Pavements/Overlays
- MnDOT PG Binder Guidelines (PDF, 30 KB)
- 2360 Mix Designation Number Examples (PDF, 145 KB)
Pavement Design Information
- Alternate Bid Life Cycle Analysis
- Warm Mix Asphalt
- Warm Mix Asphalt – WMA Guidance, April 2016 (PDF, 200 KB)
- MnROAD Brief Version 1 - June 2009 (PDF, 0.5 MB)
- MnROAD Brief Version 2 – September 2011 (PDF, 0.5 MB)
- FHWA Every Day Counts - WMA
Pavement Design Tech Memos
- American Concrete Pavement Association StreetPave Software for Design of Concrete Pavements for Cities and Counties (12-SA-03)
(PDF, 40 KB) - Geogrids (multiaxial) on CSAH and MSAS routes - General Specification, Granular Equivalent and Design Guidelines (15-SA-02) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Specification 2360 - Plant Mixed Asphalt Pavement - Design Guidelines for Local Agencies (17-SA-01) (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Pavement Projects (10-04-MAT-01) (PDF, 60 KB)
- State Aid Tech Memos
- MnDOT Tech Memos
Videos
- Frost Damage in Pavements
- Executive Summary (YouTube)
- Full Length (YouTube)
Pavement Design Links
Training Resources
- FWD Pavement Strength Tool (PDF, 2 MB)
- Low Volume Road Management and Finance in the States (PDF, 7 MB)