{"id":5603,"date":"2018-12-14T12:18:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2018-12-18T16:29:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T16:29:44","slug":"track-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=5603","title":{"rendered":"Track star"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5604\" style=\"width: 1371px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2018\/12\/NCAT-Track-Aerials-4-of-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5604 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2018\/12\/NCAT-Track-Aerials-4-of-5.jpg\" alt=\"NCAT's test track \u2014 the only high-speed, full-scale accelerated pavement testing facility in the world.\" width=\"1371\" height=\"788\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCAT&#8217;s test track \u2014 the only high-speed, full-scale accelerated pavement testing facility in the world \u2014 is a 1.7 mile oval with experimental sections sponsored on three-year cycles by highway agencies and the transportation industry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The seventh cycle of accelerated pavement testing launched this year at the National Center for Asphalt Technology test track and consists of new mixture performance sections, instrumented structural sections and extended traffic sections.<\/p>\n<p>NCAT\u2019s test track \u2013 the only high-speed, full-scale accelerated pavement testing facility in the world \u2013 is a 1.7-mile oval with experimental sections sponsored on three-year cycles by highway agencies and the transportation industry. 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