Spread of continuously reinforced concrete pavements for major highways (1950–1990)

1. Slipform paving accelerates concrete highway construction

   Jan 1, 1955Labels: Slipform paving

   • ACPA Innovation

2. Federal-Aid Highway Act launches Interstate era

   Jun 29, 1956Labels: Federal-Aid Highway

   • FHWA History
   • Britannica

3. AASHO Road Test begins major pavement experiments

   Aug 1, 1956Labels: AASHO Road

   • ACPA Explorer
   • ISCP History

4. Research documents early U.S. CRCP experiments

   Jan 1, 1960Labels: CRCP experiments

   • TRID Record

5. AASHO testing ends, design guidance spreads

   Nov 30, 1960Labels: AASHO Road

   • ACPA Explorer
   • FHWA Geotech

6. Houston-area CRCP project demonstrates long-term service

   Jan 1, 1964Labels: Houston CRCP

   • ICCP Paper

7. CRCP becomes common on U.S. interstates

   Jan 1, 1965Labels: U S

   • INDOT RoadSchool
   • FHWA CRCP Brief

8. CRCP spreads internationally using U.S. experience

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: International adoption

   • FHWA Intl

9. Texas begins long-running statewide CRCP distress database

   Jan 1, 1974Labels: Texas database

   • UT Austin CTR

10. Louisiana publishes evaluation of CRCP field performance

    Feb 1, 1975Labels: Louisiana evaluation

    • ROSA P

11. FHWA links thin-CRCP problems to design and QA/QC

    Jun 5, 1990Labels: FHWA guidance

    • FHWA T 5080

12. National pooled-fund research consolidates CRCP best practices

    Feb 1, 1999Labels: Pooled-fund research

    • FHWA Report