As part of the Canadian Strategic Highway Research Program'sstudy entitled "Performance Correlation for Quality PavingAsphalts" a full scale test road was constructed in 1991.The Lamont Test Road (LTR) was constructed in order to assessthe low temperature transverse cracking performance of seven markedlydifferent asphalt cements. Extensive field and laboratory testingand ongoing performance monitoring was undertaken.

This paper documents: the asphalt cement selection and physicalproperties; the quality assurance results; the results of subsequentSHRP Superpave laboratory grading of the asphalt cements; theresults of the LTR's performance after five winters of serviceand; the temperature monitoring during the first three wintersand subsequent weather station data for the remaining two winters.