Asphalt Paving in Adairsville, GA

Creeks, rain and drainage around Adairsville

Creeks cut through the country around Adairsville. Oothkalooga Creek, a stream that feeds the Oostanaula River, runs within a few miles of downtown. Where a drive dips toward a creek or a low spot, water wants to cross it.

The National Asphalt Pavement Association calls standing water the leading cause of driveway failure.

So paving here starts below the asphalt. We grade so water runs off the drive, with a drain pipe under it where the site needs one. Then the stone base goes down in layers and gets compacted. The hot mix goes down last, laid with our own paver and rolled.

Subdivision driveways and long farm drives near Adairsville

In town, many driveways sit on subdivision lots off city streets. Those drives are short, and the grades are mostly set. The work there is a flush edge at the garage and a smooth tie-in at the street.

On a newer lot, the fill may still be settling. Asphalt industry guidance says fill around new homes is prone to settle. In some cases it is wise to wait a few months before paving. We look at where the fill sits when we come out.

Out toward Folsom, rural drives can run a long way from the road. Gravel drives of 1,000 feet and more are a kind of job we take on. Paving one means no more mud, no more dust. On a long farm lane with light traffic, tar and chip is worth pricing next to hot mix.

For an ordinary home driveway, asphalt industry guidance calls for a 2-inch bottom course under a 1.5-inch surface course. It says 6 to 8 inches of crushed stone base is usually enough underneath. Your estimate spells out the thickness, the base work and the square footage for your job. The same grading and base work go into road paving for a private road or shared drive.

Parking lots along US 41 and around Exit 306

Downtown Adairsville, known as the Square, grew up around the railroad. The Western and Atlantic line from Atlanta is still in use. The original train depot, which was part of the Great Locomotive Chase in April 1862, still stands.

After the Civil War, Adairsville became a center of the carpet and textile industries, and of farm and transportation services. US 41 runs through the city as Joe Frank Harris Parkway, and I-75 crosses its east side at Exit 306. Our parking lot paving covers new lots and replacing or expanding old ones along these roads.

On an older lot, the first question is whether the base is still sound. Sound pavement can take asphalt resurfacing: a new layer of hot mix over the old. Where the base has failed, we cut those areas out and rebuild them first.

Where loaded trucks turn and park, the lot gets a heavier section than the car stalls. We plan the work in phases with you when a business needs to stay open. When a lot is restriped, the Justice Department says it must provide accessible spaces under the 2010 ADA Standards.

Who controls the driveway connection in Adairsville?

It depends on who owns the road at the end of your drive. Inside the city limits, the City of Adairsville sets the rules where a drive meets a city street. Its community development department handles building permits, so ask the city before the work starts.

Outside the city, Bartow County's permit handout for homes lists a Driveway Permit for a new driveway. Changing a driveway in the public right-of-way goes to zoning or site engineering review. So does paving a previously graveled parking area, or site work within 75 feet of a river, stream or creek. Repaving a drive with no expansion needs no building permit, but that does not cover the approach on the right-of-way.

US 41 (State Route 3) and GA 140 are state routes. Georgia DOT requires a permit before construction work in the state right-of-way. Under GDOT's rules, routine upkeep of the pipe and driveway up to the pavement edge falls to the property owner. We build to the road owner's rules, and you can ask us about them at the estimate.