Asphalt driveways, parking lots and private roads for homes and businesses from the bluffs to the river, with free estimates and 25% off.
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Main routes: Route 67, Route 3, and Great River Road
Brick factories once ran in Alton, and the city still has an unusually high number of brick-paved streets. Most of it sits on bluffs above the Mississippi River valley. For driveways and parking lots, bluff ground means slopes, and slopes mean water moving downhill toward your pavement.
We pave home driveways, business lots, church lots and private drives with a compacted rock base and hot-mix asphalt, graded so runoff leaves the surface instead of cutting under it. Down near the river, where the lower parts of the city are prone to flooding, we plan the base for wet ground. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate, and you get 25% off.
On bluff ground, a driveway that climbs from the street or drops toward a garage needs more than a fresh layer of blacktop. We rebuild soft or washed-out base, compact rock in layers, and shape the surface so water heads to the sides instead of down the center. Home driveways typically get 2 to 3 inches of compacted hot-mix asphalt. We also replace cracked concrete and failed older blacktop.
Driveway pavingFor a business or church lot on Broadway, Piasa Street, Route 3 or Route 140, we plan entrances, traffic flow and drainage together. The base is sized for delivery trucks, and the surface is sloped so water moves to planned outlets instead of pooling. Worn lots with a sound base may be a fit for an overlay or seal coating.
Parking lot pavingPrivate roads, shared drives on the bluffs and access roads to commercial buildings all need a well-drained base. We grade and crown them, compact rock in layers and pave in asphalt sized for the traffic. On steeper stretches, edge support and controlled runoff keep the road from washing out from the side.
Road constructionGeneral paving in Alton can be as simple as a new apron where the drive meets the street or as big as an overlay across a business lot. Either way the estimate spells out the base work, the asphalt thickness and what the finished surface should look like.
Asphalt paving
Two kinds of ground shape paving here. Up on the bluffs, slopes send water racing downhill, and it undercuts edges. Down near the river, the lower levels of the city flood and can stay wet. Clay-heavy soils common around St. Louis and freeze-thaw winters add to both problems. We build drainage and base first, then pave.
Before you sign anything, get the base depth and the compacted asphalt thickness on paper. Two bids that look far apart are often just two different pavements.
Typical ranges. Your Alton estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Alton homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
Sometimes. If the base under it is stable, asphalt can go over a prepared surface, but uneven brick or broken concrete usually sends cracks up through new asphalt. In most cases we remove the old surface, fix the base and pave fresh. We check it during your free estimate.
Yes. The Clark Bridge carries Route 67 across the Mississippi from Alton to West Alton, Missouri, and we serve both sides, including Godfrey, Wood River, Bethalto and the rest of greater St. Louis. Estimates are free, and you get 25% off.
On a Alton job the price comes down to size, how much base work is needed, the asphalt thickness, whether old pavement has to come out, drainage fixes and how easily trucks can reach the work. Your written estimate lists each of those so you can compare it with other bids line by line.
In Alton that is the piece that takes the most abuse, so it gets extra attention: a firm base, a tie-in that sits flush with the road, and a shape that moves water to the ditch or gutter instead of back toward the drive.
We pave all around Alton, across Madison County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Alton |
|---|---|---|
| East Alton, IL | Madison County | 2.7 |
| West Alton, MO | St. Charles County | 4.0 |
| Rosewood Heights, IL | Madison County | 4.3 |
| Wood River, IL | Madison County | 4.9 |
| Godfrey, IL | Madison County | 5.1 |
| Bethalto, IL | Madison County | 5.7 |
| Moro, IL | Madison County | 6.9 |
| Hartford, IL | Madison County | 7.0 |
| Roxana, IL | Madison County | 8.0 |
| South Roxana, IL | Madison County | 8.1 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Alton and the towns around it.
Tell us what you want paved and where. We'll call to set up a time to walk the site, measure, and give you a written quote with your 25% off.