Bitumen
Bitumen yahinduwe ni asfalt binder yakozwe mugushyiramo inyongeramusaruro (modifiers) nka reberi, resin, polymer, bitum naturel, ifu ya reberi yubutaka cyangwa ibindi bikoresho kugirango tunoze imikorere ya bitumen cyangwa bitumen. Uburyo bwo gukora bitumen yarangije guhindurwa muruganda ruhamye rwo gutanga ahazubakwa. Inyungu nini ya bitumen yahinduwe nuko byoroshye gukoresha, ugereranije no gukoresha bitumen isanzwe, usibye gukenera kunoza ibisabwa kugenzura ubushyuhe, ahasigaye itandukaniro ntabwo ari rito. Byongeye kandi, asfalt yahinduwe nayo ifite ubworoherane nubworoherane, irashobora kurwanya gucika, kunoza abrasion no kongera igihe cya serivisi, kugabanya neza kubungabunga nyuma, kuzigama igihe cyabakozi no kugiciro cyo kuyitaho, asfalt yumuhanda wahinduwe ikoreshwa cyane cyane kumuhanda wikibuga, Ikiraro kitagira amazi, parikingi, ikibuga cya siporo, umuhanda uremereye cyane, umuhanda no guhinduranya umuhanda nibindi bihe bidasanzwe byo gusaba pavement.
Sinoroader
byahinduwe na bitumenni amahitamo meza yo gukora rubberized bitumen, ni ibikoresho bikoreshwa cyane mumishinga yubwubatsi. Igenzurwa na sisitemu ya mudasobwa, iroroshye cyane-ikoreshwa, yizewe kandi neza. Uru ruganda rutunganya bitumen rushobora gukoreshwa muburyo bukomeza kandi bunoze bwo gukora umurongo wuzuye wibicuruzwa bya asfalt. Bitumen itanga nubushyuhe bwo hejuru, kwihanganira gusaza, no kuramba cyane. Hamwe nimikorere yacyo imaze guhura nibikorwa bitandukanye, Uruganda rwa bitum rwahinduwe rwakoreshejwe cyane mumishinga yo kubaka umuhanda.