Category: History of the Asphalt Institute

Eugene M. Johnson was named President of the Asphalt Institute.

Field engineers from the Asphalt Institute are supporting the full-depth method of paving.

With the recession came financial problems for the Interstate System, but the institute field engineers took the opportunity to tell state highway departments about the cost advantages and ease of constructing asphalt pavements, which paid off almost doubling sales from 1950 to 1959.

With the Highway Act of 1956 that launched the Interstate System, the Asphalt Institute worked diligently to promote the use of asphalt over concrete. The national advertising campaign portraying the advantages of asphalt pavement were placed in publications including Engineering News Record, The Saturday Evening Post, Life, Good Housekeeping and The Wall Street Journal to … Continue reading Highway Act of 1956

The Asphalt Institute new Headquarters grand opening and building dedication.

The first western conference on Asphalt in Hydraulics was held in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the University of Utah, the Asphalt Institute and the Utah Water Users Association. This helped open the market for other uses including parking lots, recreational facilities, test tracks and speedways.

The Asphalt Institute moved its headquarters from New York City to the University of Maryland campus in College Park.

The first issue of Asphalt Quarterly magazine is published.