Abstract:An expressway is proposed to be reconstructed and expanded from two-way four lanes to two-way eight lanes. The splicing of new and old pavements is a crucial part of the reconstruction and expansion process. Relying on this project, the research is conducted on the splicing design of new and old pavements under the construction condition of continuous traffic. Firstly, two treatment schemes of overlay and excavating new-building are proposed for the hard shoulder of the old road. The cumulative equivalent axial times corresponding to fatigue cracking of the semi-rigid layer in the two schemes are obtained through pavement structure verification as 1.41×109 and 7.58×109 respectively. Since the overlay scheme is hard to meet the requirements, the excavating new-building scheme is adopted. The step-style splicing is adopted for the new and old pavements, and two schemes with different step widths are proposed. Through the finite element software, the stress and strain at the splicing of new and old pavements are calculated and analyzed, which shows that the maximum stress and strain are generated at the splicing of the subbase layer, and the farther the splice seam is from the wheel path, the smaller the stress and strain. It is recommended to adopt the scheme of avoiding the wheel path by splicing the seams. In addition, the scheme of continuous traffic during the splicing construction of pavements is set forth, which can provide reference for similar projects.