Abstract:The objective of this paper is to establish novel quantitative performance measurements for SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer) modified asphalt based on microstructure pictures of asphalt specimens. By magnifying pictures 400 times via microscope, two new measurements including area ratio of modifier and homogeneity of modifier distribution were tested for asphalt specimens with three vary modifier. Then the relationship between two new measurements and traditional measurements including penetration number, ductility rotational and viscosity rotary were investigated. The results indicated that they have a good correlation. It was concluded that quantitative measurements through microstructure pictures are a reliable and relatively easy method to evaluate performance of asphalt.