2002 Superpave Report

More Minnesota projects across the state are using Superpave pavements for their roadways. Now into its seventh year of Superpave, Minnesota is seeing a decrease in the cost per ton of Superpave mixes and in the construction problems seen with earlier Superpave projects. The amount of Superpave placed in Minnesota has more than doubled in five years, going from 807,000 tons in 1998 to over 1,718,000 tons in 2002. As the mix design becomes more common, the average cost per ton has decreased over 14% in the same time frame, from $30.58 to $26.34 per ton in 2002.