Transportation Research Record contains the following papers: Potential for private-sector road maintenance in developing countries : case studies (Parkman, CC, Madelin, KB and Robinson, R); Improving road quality with focused daily road maintenance (Brown, M and Provencher, Y); Service life of durable pavement markings (Migletz, J, Graham, JL, Harwood, DW and Bauer, KM); Cost-benefit highway pavement maintenance (Najafi, FT and Paredes, V); Life-cycle cost comparison of asphalt and concrete pavements on low-volume roads : case study comparisons (Embacher, RA and Snyder, MB); To seal or not to seal? A field experiment to resolve an age-old dilemma (Hawkins, BK, Ioannides, AM and Minkarah, IA); Potential of using stone matrix asphalt for thin overlays (Cooley, LA and Brown ER); Construction and performance of an ultrathin bonded hot-mix asphalt wearing course (Hanson, DI); Maintenance of concrete bridges (Sprinkel, M); Thin polysulfide epoxy bridge deck overlays (Stenko, MS and Chawalwala, AJ); Pilot installation of a bridge scour monitoring site (Weissman, J, Chun, HT and Haas, C); Highway bridge inspection : state -of- the- practice survey (Rolander, DD, Phares, BM, Graybeal, BA and Moore, ME); Reliability and accuracy of routine inspection of highway bridges (Phares, BM, Graybeal, BA, Rolander, DD and Moore, ME); Reliability and accuracy of in-depth inspection of highway bridges (Graybeal, BA, Rolander, DD, Phares, BM and Moore, ME); Field test of new procedure for removing lead-based paint from bridges (Bushman, WH and Jackson, DR).