Indian Highway Study On Causes Of Failure Of Bituminous Pavement

One of the main purposes of Highway bituminous pavement failure and its maintenance is to provide a better road surface for the road users and carry traffic smoothly and safely with minimum cost. Paved roads in tropical and sub-tropical climates often deteriorate in different ways to those in temperate regions, because of the harsh climatic conditions, lack of proper design and quality control, high loads and inadequate assessment for identifying causes of distresses before carrying out maintenance and rehabilitation. A pavement distress that occurs at the surface can have a number of different causes which must be properly identified before corrective action is taken. Proper maintenance is very essential for longer life of the road surface.