Hot-mix driveways, parking lots and private roads across the Old Lead Belt, graded for hill ground and built on a compacted rock base.
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Main routes: Highway 67, Highway 32, and Business 67
Four towns became one city here in 1994, and Flat River, Elvins, Esther and Rivermines each left behind their own streets, drives and lots. We pave driveways and parking lots across all of them, plus the private roads and shop yards in between.
The name fits the ground. This is hilly Ozark foothill country, so most driveways run up or down a grade and rain has somewhere to go in a hurry. We build the base in compacted layers and shape the surface so runoff leaves at the sides. Along Highway 67, Business 67 and Highway 32 past the Missouri Mines site, commercial lots take a thicker section for truck traffic. Free estimates, and you get 25% off.
A driveway on a hillside lot fights gravity and water at once. We set the grade so runoff crosses the drive and leaves at the low side rather than running its full length and cutting under the edge. Soft subgrade gets rock, the base is compacted in lifts, and a home drive typically finishes with 2 to 3 inches of hot mix rolled tight while it is still hot.
Driveway pavingLots for shops, churches and small industrial buildings near Main Street and Highway 32 carry delivery trucks, so the base gets sized for the load rather than for cars. We set the pitch toward catch basins or a planned edge, keep the entrance clean where it meets the highway, and stripe once the surface has cured.
Parking lot pavingPrivate roads and shared drives on hill ground wash out from the side when water is not controlled. We grade and crown them, compact rock in layers and pave in asphalt thick enough for the vehicles that use them. Farm lanes and access roads to shop buildings often suit chip seal or recycled asphalt millings.
Road constructionGeneral paving in Park Hills 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
The county soil survey maps clayey soils over dolomite and loamy soils over sandstone across the Farmington Plain, and it notes low strength for vehicle traffic that suitable base material corrects. Add freeze-thaw winters and you have the reason we spend real time on rock and drainage before any asphalt is placed.
Bids are only comparable when they spell out the same things: base depth, compacted thickness, how edges are finished, and where water is meant to go. Ask for those before you pick a number.
Typical ranges. Your Park Hills estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Park Hills homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
Usually yes. Grade is a design problem, not a stopper. We look at how the drive meets the street and the garage, where water enters it, and whether the edges need support. On steeper runs we may add a cross slope or a drain so water leaves before it picks up speed.
Often. Recycled asphalt millings compact into a firm, lower-cost surface and suit long drives, farm lanes and shop yards around the Old Lead Belt better than a full hot-mix section does. We can price both at your free estimate so you see the difference.
No. Fresh asphalt in Park Hills needs time to cure before it is sealed, typically several months and often up to a year. Sealing too early can trap oils in the pavement. After that, sealing every few years helps it resist water, sun and salt.
In Park Hills 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 Park Hills, across St. Francois County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Park Hills |
|---|---|---|
| Leadington, MO | St. Francois County | 1.6 |
| Desloge, MO | St. Francois County | 4.2 |
| Farmington, MO | St. Francois County | 4.6 |
| Doe Run, MO | St. Francois County | 4.9 |
| Leadwood, MO | St. Francois County | 5.8 |
| Wortham, MO | St. Francois County | 5.9 |
| Frankclay, MO | St. Francois County | 7.0 |
| Bismarck, MO | St. Francois County | 7.5 |
| Bonne Terre, MO | St. Francois County | 7.6 |
| Terre du Lac, MO | St. Francois County | 8.8 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Park Hills 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.