Driveways, business lots and access roads paved in Venice, on the river bottoms off Route 3, with free estimates and 25% off.
Free estimates25% off
Main routes: Route 3
The McKinley Bridge has linked Venice to north St. Louis since 1910, landing at Salisbury Street and North 9th on the Missouri side. It carried Route 66 from 1926 to 1930, closed in 2001 and reopened to traffic in December 2007. The city sits on flat American Bottom floodplain, and that ground shapes every job here.
We pave driveways and parking lots through the city, with Route 3 running along the west side toward Alton one way and East St. Louis the other. Industrial and truck access pavement is part of the work too. All of it goes on a compacted rock base under hot-mix asphalt. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate, and you get 25% off.
In an older river city, drives are often narrow, patched and sitting on a base that was never built for the vehicles using it now. We cut out the failed material, rebuild the base, and place hot mix, typically 2 to 3 inches compacted for a home drive. Widening for a second vehicle or adding a parking pad happens on the same visit.
Driveway pavingBusiness, church and industrial lots near Route 3 and the bridge approach carry trucks, and truck traffic finds a weak base fast. We build the base for the real load, lay out entrances and turning room, then pave and compact in lifts. Grading keeps water off the surface, which matters more on flat bottom ground.
Parking lot pavingAccess roads to yards, warehouses and loading areas take the heaviest axle loads in the city. We build a thick compacted base, crown the surface and set the edges so they hold under trucks that swing wide. Private drives and short service roads get rebuilt or overlaid depending on what is under them.
Road constructionAround Venice 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
The American Bottom here is deep river-laid clay, silt, sand and gravel, kept dry by a levee and drainage canal system. Flat ground with water close to the surface drains slowly, and freeze-thaw winters lift pavement built on a wet base. We remove soft soil, compact rock in layers and grade so water leaves the surface.
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 Venice estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Venice homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
Yes. Madison borders Venice to the north and east and Brooklyn sits to the south, with Granite City about 5 miles off, and we pave in all of them and across the river into St. Louis. Estimates are free and you get 25% off.
It makes grading more important. With little natural fall, the pitch has to be built in so water runs to a planned outlet rather than sitting on the surface. Standing water is what gets into the base and starts the cracking and the potholes.
On a Venice 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 Venice. We will tell you honestly when patching is throwing good money after bad.
We pave all around Venice, across Madison County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Venice |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn, IL | St. Clair County | 1.2 |
| Madison, IL | Madison County | 3.8 |
| Fairmont City, IL | St. Clair County | 4.1 |
| East St. Louis, IL | St. Clair County | 4.4 |
| Granite City, IL | Madison County | 4.6 |
| St. Louis, MO | City of St. Louis | 4.8 |
| Washington Park, IL | St. Clair County | 5.1 |
| Riverview, MO | St. Louis County | 5.5 |
| Pine Lawn, MO | St. Louis County | 6.0 |
| Sauget, IL | St. Clair County | 6.0 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Venice 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.