The final version of this paper was presented and published in: Proceeding of the 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA) Vancouver, British Columbia, November 2012 https://www.ctaa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CTAA-2012-Proceedings-Order-Brochure-rev-Oct-15.pdf The Role of Asphalt Binder Fracture Properties in Thermal Cracking Performance of Mixtures and Pavements Hussain Bahia, Ph.D. Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin Raul Velasquez, Ph.D. Research Associate University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin Hassan Tabatabaee, Ph.D. Research Associate University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin Sebastian Puchalski Research Assistant University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Professor Mihai Marasteanu and Mr. Zhijun Li for their contributions. This research was sponsored by the Asphalt Research Consortium (ARC), which is managed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Western Research Institute (WRI) and by the National Pooled Fund Study TPF-5(132): “Investigation of Low Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Pavements Phase-II”. This support is gratefully acknowledged. The results and opinions presented are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsoring agencies.