Abstract:With the gradual increase of Chinese engineering and projects in West African counties, it is helpful to investigate the technical performance of typical materials including hard asphalt in West Africa, which can make contributions to the generalization of Chinese engineering technology and experience. Three typical hard asphalts such as Termcotank, DHS were tested, which were commonly used in West Africa, and the service performance including conventional physical properties, rheological properties, high- and low- performance, fatigue performance. The results indicate that Termcotank asphalt has the best high temperature performance but the insignificant worse low temperature performance, it is suitable for specific needs with strict requirements for high temperature performance. DHS asphalt has better high temperature performance and also low temperature performance. It is suitable for both requirements with high- and low- temperature performance. Except for the low temperature ductility of Termcotank asphalt, the three types of hard asphalt all can meet the requirements of Chinese specification. According to the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP), the Performance grade (PG) performance classifications of the two asphalts are PG76-10 and PG70-16 respectively, and the suitable climate zones for the two asphalts are determined based on the PG classification. Meanwhile, the suggested performance indicator is proposed according to the Statistical analysis.