Pavement testing machine, new center to help evaluate durability of road materials

The Texas Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.12 million grant to a UT Arlington civil engineering professor to determine the durability of recycled materials for use in road construction. As part of the project, UT Arlington is building a new accelerated pavement testing center, next to The UT Arlington Research Institute on Jack Newell Boulevard in Fort Worth just off Loop 820. The center is scheduled to open this fall. The overall road pad at the accelerated pavement testing center could be a little bigger than a half-acre in size. Stefan Romanoschi, an associate