Driveways, business lots and river-area lanes paved in New Athens, off Route 13 on the Kaskaskia, with free estimates and 25% off.
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Main routes: Route 13
This village started as Manville Ferry, a crossing on the Kaskaskia River, and took its present name in 1868. It was laid out in a square of 49 blocks around a central community square, and the Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area, more than 20,000 acres of it, wraps around the place. Farming and coal mining built the local economy.
River-adjacent ground and a grid of old streets make drainage the first question on most jobs. We pave driveways and parking lots, then farm lanes and access roads. A house drive typically gets 2 to 3 inches of compacted hot-mix asphalt over a compacted rock base. Heavier surfaces get more of both. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate, and you get 25% off.
Drives around the old square are short and meet the street at an apron that takes the most weight and the most weather. Properties toward the river and out on the farm ground have longer lanes that started as gravel. We handle both the same way underneath: soft soil out, rock compacted in layers, hot mix placed and rolled. Two to three inches compacted fits cars and pickups, with a deeper build where trucks park.
Driveway pavingBusiness lots near the square, church and hall parking, shop pads and farm yards all get built for their own traffic. We plan the entrance and turning room, size the base for the heaviest vehicle, and grade so water leaves at a planned point rather than standing after a rain. Asphalt goes down in lifts and gets rolled before it cools.
Parking lot pavingFarm lanes, river access drives, private roads and subdivision streets get graded, crowned and built over compacted rock. Where a lane runs toward low ground near the Kaskaskia, ditches and shoulders matter as much as the surface. Entrances off Route 13 get extra base, since turning trucks load that edge harder than anything else.
Road constructionAround New Athens we see plenty of pavement that has been patched over and over. Sometimes one more patch is the right call. Sometimes a mill-and-overlay or a rebuild saves money over the next ten years. We will lay out both options so you can choose.
Asphalt paving
Ground near a river holds water, and the clay-heavy soils common around St. Louis hold it longer. That is the enemy of pavement: a wet base moves under load, and freeze-thaw winters crack the surface above it. We plan the grade to move runoff off the pavement, remove soft material and compact the rock base in layers before any asphalt goes down.
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 New Athens estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for New Athens homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
It changes the drainage plan more than anything. Lower ground holds water, so we look at where runoff goes before we set the grade, and we may build the rock base deeper where the subgrade is soft. The asphalt itself is placed the same way, in compacted lifts.
Yes. We pave in New Athens, Lenzburg, Marissa, Freeburg, Fayetteville, Smithton and the rest of St. Clair County, plus greater St. Louis on both sides of the river. Estimates are free and you get 25% off on driveways, lots and roads.
On a New Athens 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.
Both. Patching a failed section, filling cracks before winter and rebuilding an apron are regular work in New Athens. We will tell you honestly when patching is throwing good money after bad.
We pave all around New Athens, across St. Clair County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from New Athens |
|---|---|---|
| Lenzburg, IL | St. Clair County | 3.8 |
| Fayetteville, IL | St. Clair County | 5.8 |
| Hecker, IL | Monroe County | 6.6 |
| Marissa, IL | St. Clair County | 7.3 |
| Darmstadt, IL | St. Clair County | 7.8 |
| Freeburg, IL | St. Clair County | 8.6 |
| St. Libory, IL | St. Clair County | 9.0 |
| Smithton, IL | St. Clair County | 9.1 |
| Baldwin, IL | Randolph County | 9.5 |
| Paderborn, IL | St. Clair County | 9.8 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in New Athens 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.