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State

Louisiana

Specification	HMA	PCC
Testing Device	Inertial Profiler	Inertial Profiler
Smoothness Index	IRI	MRI
Blanking Band	N/A	N/A
Incentive/Disincentive	Both	Both
Localized Roughness Provision	Yes	Yes
Files	LA_HMA_1_1.pdf LA_HMA_1_2.pdf	LA_PCC_1_1.pdf LA_PCC_1_2.pdf

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