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Hot Mix Asphalt

The pavement solution
that is...

  • Cost-effective
  • Smooth
  • Quiet
  • Safe
  • Perpetual
  • Versatile
  • Environmentally friendly
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Featured Member


Miller-Bradford & Risberg
W250 N6851 Highway 164
Sussex, WI  53089
262-246-5700
Web site

Miller-Bradford & Risberg, Inc. offers a complete line of equipment and support services tailored to the asphalt paving industry. The asphalt paving industry faces unique challenges and MBR has many skilled professional trained to provide solutions that enhance the productivity of the equipment and performance of asphalt pavements. Focus on the asphalt paving industry for over six decades provides a wealth of knowledge that MBR personnel can draw on when finding ways to successfully meet the challenges we face. MBR operates from 8 strategically located branches that handle sales, rentals, parts, & service for leading manufacturers such as Blaw Knox, Bomag, Carlson, Case, Hypac, Kobelco, Midland, Sandvik, Terex, & Topcon.

Featured Facility

HMA Environmental Leadership Award winners demonstrate outstanding green stewardship and community involvement.

Northeast Asphalt
Glenmore (Control 67)

Permanent plant
First awarded in 2001
Latest renewal award in 2010

WELCOME TO WAPA

The nonprofit Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Association represents Wisconsin’s asphalt industry. This Web site is a resource for our members (some 80 contractors and manufacturers), their customers and the public at large. Make this your first stop for information on hot mix asphalt in Wisconsin.

New! Winter 2012 newsletter

Winter 2012 Newsletter [PDF]. Or jump to an article in the PDF:

A State Spec for Warm Mix
WisDOT's WMA Specifications Letter
Round-Robin QMP Testing
Modified Asphalt Toughens Up Bridge Decks
Bechtholds' Role in Asphalt's Past and Future
New NAPA Website and Magazine
2011 Environmental Leadership Awards

Find all past issues on our Newsletters Page.

NCAT highlight video



The research center and test track at Auburn University's National Center for Asphalt Technology help make NCAT one of the world's leading institutions for asphalt pavement research and an important source of information for advancing asphalt pavement technology. This video highlights pavement engineering and asphalt research at NCAT, including materials and field testing and forensic analysis.

National best practices on HMA recycling

In-place recycling and reclamation of asphalt pavements helps highway agencies optimize the value of in-place materials, minimize construction time and traffic flow disruptions, and reduce the number of construction vehicles moving in and out of the construction area.

The Transportation Research Board has published NCHRP Synthesis 421: Recycling and Reclamation of Asphalt Pavements Using In-Place Methods, which examines national best practices in the use of hot in-place recycling, cold in-place recycling, and full-depth reclamation of asphalt pavements.

Guidance from APA: Alternate bidding white paper

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance recently published a new white paper, Keys to a Successful Alternate Bidding Process. The free publication outlines procedures set up by FHWA and covers the factors considered in alternate bids, such as initial cost, construction time, and future costs. Also discussed are discount rates, performance periods, rehabilitation plans, salvage value, analysis periods, and more.

For more recent releases from APA, see APA's New Publications page.