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A deterioration rate (DR) approach was used to establish pavement longevity trends for three common pavement types in three climatic zones. PCC pavement sections were further divided using the slab length over the radius of relative stiffness ratio to account for differences in pavement performance due to slab size effects.","Significant overall differences in the DR for asphalt concrete (AC) surface pavements were not observed. The DR for PCC pavements was highly affected by slab size. Sections constructed with smaller slabs were found to have significantly lower DRs that those constructed with larger slabs. PCC sections constructed with smaller slab sizes also had lower DRs than AC sections.","In AC surfaced pavements, the predominant distress types were longitudinal and transverse cracking and paving lane cracking. 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