This slide show focuses on the problems of deteriorating streets, roads and highways in the U.S. and the reasons behind the nation's lagging rehabilitation program. Photographs, graphics, and cartoons present concepts of pavement life cycles, rehabilitation options and strategies, and the real cost of deferring necessary rehabilitation. Briefly described are the basic concepts incorporated in the manual, and the reliability of designs derived from the manual's procedure. The show is an introduction to factors that must be considered when designing a pavement, and there are discussions of the relationship between these factors and pavement thickness requirements as indicated by multilayer elastic theory. The slide show is not an instructional tool for teaching how to use the manual, but is ideal for engineers and designers that wish to understand the concepts on which the manual is based.
Narration is on cassette tape with audible and inaudible tones.