Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA) has administered around 156 road projects in the years from 2017 torn2021. From those road projects, 94.87% of road projects has being constructed using the Marshal mixrndesign procedure in the preparation of asphalt mixes. ERA manual recommends that the air void afterrnrefusal density test is used as a requirement for rutting resistance of the asphalt mixes for roadsrnsubjected to heavy traffic. In this study, twelve mixes were prepared with 19 mm and 12.5 mm nominalrnmaximum aggregate size (NMAS) and using bitumen grades of 60/70 and 80/100 penetration grade.rnThe mixes are commonly used for asphalt surfacing in most road projects. Mix designs were performedrnusing the Marshall mix design procedure based on the Asphalt Institute and ERA manual guidelines.rnFollowing to the determination of optimum binder content of the mixes, the refusal density tests werernconducted by applying further compaction effort using the Marshall hammer. The mixes were thenrnsubjected to the wheel tracking tests. The wheel tracking tests were conducted with 20,000 wheel passesrnand test temperatures of 46ï‚°C and 50ï‚°C for mixes with 80/100 and 60/70 bitumen penetration grade,rnrespectively. Texas Hamburg Wheel test requirement was used to evaluate the mixes performance tornrutting.rnThe test result indicated that most of the mixes did not fulfil the air void criteria after secondaryrncompaction. From those mixes, more than 50% of the asphalt mixes does not fulfil the performance testrnrequirements (after the wheel tracking test). Therefore, it is found that the percent refusal density (PRD)rntest may not be a reliable method to indicate the rutting resistance of the asphalt mixes. Thus, otherrnperformance tests are recommended to design asphalt mixes for roads subjected to high traffic.