23 CFR § 490.301 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s490.301"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "23 CFR § 490.301 - Purpose."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "490.301"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PLANNING AND RESEARCH"
part_number: "490"
part_name: "NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MEASURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "23 U.S.C. 134, 135, 148(i) and 150; 49 CFR 1.85."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 13913, Mar. 15, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "490"
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# 490.301 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to implement the following statutory requirements of 23 U.S.C. 150(c)(3) to:

(a) Establish measures for State DOTs and MPOs to assess the condition of pavements on the Interstate System;

(b) Establish measures for State DOTs and MPOs to assess the condition of pavements on the NHS (excluding the Interstate);

(c) Establish minimum levels for pavement condition on the Interstate System, only for purposes of carrying out 23 U.S.C. 119(f)(1);

(d) Establish data elements that are necessary to collect and maintain standardized data to carry out a performance-based approach; and

(e) Consider regional differences in establishing the minimum levels for pavement conditions on the Interstate System.