Driveway and parking lot paving in Smithton, from Main Street out to the newer subdivisions off Route 159.
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Main routes: Route 159
Two plats laid out three years apart, Georgetown in 1850 and Smithton in 1853, grew together along a shared Main Street, and the hard road that opened on that street in 1928 is now Route 159. Driveways and parking lots are our main work here, plus subdivision streets and farm lanes.
The village annexed about 570 acres after 1996 for new construction, including the Stonegate and Wildwood North developments, so drives around town range from century-old approaches to twenty-year-old subdivision aprons. Each gets a compacted rock base and hot-mix asphalt, typically 2 to 3 inches compacted for cars and light trucks. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate, and you get 25% off.
Newer subdivision drives are short two-car approaches with an apron at the street, while older properties near Main Street have narrow drives that have been patched for years. We cut out soft ground, compact a rock base in layers, then place hot mix. Two to three inches compacted suits cars and pickups, with more where a trailer or work truck parks.
Driveway pavingChurch lots, school parking, small business lots along Route 159 and park lots all take car turnover plus weekly delivery and trash trucks. Those trucks set the base depth. We build for them, slope the surface to planned drainage points, place asphalt in lifts, and stripe once it cures enough to hold paint.
Parking lot pavingSubdivision streets fail first in the wheel paths and at the entrances. Where the base is sound, we mill and overlay. Where it is not, we dig out and rebuild that section. Farm lanes still running through the area get a crowned, compacted base sized for loaded equipment before any surface goes down.
Road constructionAround Smithton 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 village sits on relatively level, slightly higher ground in southern St. Clair County, and upland ground here is capped with deep windblown loess silt. Level and silty means water has to be given a path off. We proof the subgrade, replace soft material, compact base rock in layers, and build the slope in.
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 Smithton estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Smithton homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
It does at entrances. Where farm equipment and daily traffic use the same approach, the pavement sees loads it was never sized for. We build those entrances heavier and widen the turn so tires do not run off the edge and break it down.
Not right away. Sealcoat goes on after new asphalt has cured for months, not days, or it traps oils and leaves the surface soft. We tell you roughly when to plan it, and we would rather you wait than pay for a coat that fails early.
On a Smithton 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 Smithton. We will tell you honestly when patching is throwing good money after bad.
We pave all around Smithton, across St. Clair County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Smithton |
|---|---|---|
| Freeburg, IL | St. Clair County | 4.4 |
| Floraville, IL | St. Clair County | 4.4 |
| Paderborn, IL | St. Clair County | 4.9 |
| Millstadt, IL | St. Clair County | 6.0 |
| Belleville, IL | St. Clair County | 7.0 |
| Hecker, IL | Monroe County | 7.6 |
| Rentchler, IL | St. Clair County | 8.5 |
| New Athens, IL | St. Clair County | 9.1 |
| Swansea, IL | St. Clair County | 9.5 |
| Waterloo, IL | Monroe County | 10.2 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Smithton 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.