Asphalt has been widely used as the primary bound road construction material, both as road base material and wearing course. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have commonly been observed in soils near and under roads. However, the contribution from PAH leaching from asphalt to the actual contamination of the soil adjoined to the road has been poorly described. Leaching of the 16 U.S. EPA PAHs from bitumen-based asphalt was investigated for four asphalt specimens and modeled for general road constructions scenarios. The total content of PAHs in the asphalt specimens was for three of four asphalt specimens below the Danish soil quality criteria. The availability of the sum of the 16 U.S. EPA PAHs was found to be in the range 3–11% of the total content. The experiments involved a 64-day tank leaching test based on the Dutch NEN 7345 standard and a new column-based availability test corresponding to a liquid-to-solid ratio of 100 L kg−1. The tank leaching test indicated that leaching of PAHs was diffusi...