• FHWA Asset Management Group →
• Deighton Associates, LTD →

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The pavement management unit is directly in charge of the analysis of the pavement condition and roadway data to aid with the recommendation of highway projects for inclusion into the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). To aid in the data analysis, the pavement management unit utilizes software provided by Deighton Associates, LTD. Details on how this is accomplished is contained in the Pavement Management Synopsis. Copies of the Synopsis can be requested through the contact information below.

The majority of the data needed by the pavement management system is collected by the Office of Research and Inventory Management and stored in the Roadway Information System (RIS) SQL database. In the summer of 2025, the Office of Research and Inventory Management began collecting cracking data using Automated and Semi-Automated methods. The manual visual distress data collection that SDDOT performed for over 3 decades is no longer performed across the state. New Automated and Semi-Automated survey manuals are currently in the draft stage, pending edits from the first year of data collection.