Driveway and parking lot paving in Northwoods, along Lucas and Hunt Road and the streets off Natural Bridge.
Free estimates25% off
Main routes: I-70, Lucas and Hunt Road, and Natural Bridge Road
Driveways in this city are mostly narrow residential drives built when the neighborhoods filled in, and the lots are small: churches, apartment buildings, a handful of businesses. Both wear the same way. The surface looks tired, but the real trouble is underneath, where the base settled and water started working on it.
Northwoods incorporated in 1940 and grew fast in the following decade, from 1,602 residents in 1950 to 4,701 in 1960. I-70 runs through the city and Lucas and Hunt Road, Route U, crosses it before meeting Natural Bridge Road at the edge. Streets that old need base repair, not just fresh blacktop. We rebuild from the ground up. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate, and you get 25% off.
Post-war drives here were built thin, and decades of patching only hides what is happening in the base. We pull the old surface, dig out soft material, compact rock in layers, then place hot mix, typically 2 to 3 inches compacted for a home drive. The apron at the street and the edges along the yard get full base support, since those are the first places a narrow drive breaks apart.
Driveway pavingChurch lots, apartment parking and small business lots along Lucas and Hunt Road take heavy turning in limited space. We build the base thicker at entrances, drive aisles and dumpster pads, grade the surface so water gets to an inlet, and keep the stall layout workable. A lot with a solid base and surface cracking gets crack filling, patching and seal coating.
Parking lot pavingApartment access drives, shared private lanes and the service roads behind buildings all get a compacted base and a crowned surface, with clean tie-ins where they meet a city street. Trash and delivery trucks use the same turn week after week, so we build those spots heavier rather than patching the same failure every spring.
Road constructionNot every job is a full rebuild. On older Northwoods pavement we often start with the smaller fixes: cutting out a failed patch, resetting a sunken section by the garage, or putting a fresh overlay over a surface whose base is still sound. We tell you which of those your asphalt actually needs, and we put it in writing.
Asphalt paving
Clay-heavy soils are common across the St. Louis region. They take on water, swell, then shrink again as they dry, and the freeze and thaw cycle amplifies all of it. Anything sitting on an unstable base cracks along the edges first. We grade for fast runoff, remove what will not compact, and build the rock base in layers.
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 Northwoods estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Northwoods homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
Repeated patching usually means the base underneath failed. Patching the surface treats the symptom. We check what is under the asphalt, and if the base is gone we remove the old material, rebuild the base and pave. That costs more once and less over the next decade.
Yes. We work in Northwoods, Normandy, Norwood Court, Pine Lawn, Velda City and the rest of north St. Louis County, along with greater St. Louis on both sides of the river. Driveways, parking lots and private drives all get a free estimate and 25% off.
Typically a compacted crushed-stone base several inches deep on firm soil, with soft spots dug out first, and that holds for any Northwoods driveway. On clay soils that hold water, a thicker base and good slope matter even more. The estimate states the base depth so there are no surprises.
Yes. We set the finished grade at the garage so water runs away from the building rather than toward it, which on older Northwoods homes is often the real reason the slab edge keeps taking on water.
We pave all around Northwoods, across St. Louis County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Northwoods |
|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 0.6 |
| Pasadena Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 0.6 |
| Pine Lawn, MO | St. Louis County | 0.7 |
| Uplands Park, MO | St. Louis County | 0.7 |
| Glen Echo Park, MO | St. Louis County | 0.8 |
| Norwood Court, MO | St. Louis County | 0.8 |
| Velda Village Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 0.8 |
| Velda City, MO | St. Louis County | 0.9 |
| Pasadena Park, MO | St. Louis County | 1.0 |
| Normandy, MO | St. Louis County | 1.0 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Northwoods 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.