Understanding Freight Vehicle Pavement Impacts

Mid-America Freight Coalition 



CFIRE/MAFC researchers recently released a brief on the use of Equivalent Single Axle Loads (ESALs) for understanding and communicating the impact of truck traffic on our nation’s roads and highways.
This brief is available here.

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