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Impact of Asphalt Thickness on Pavement Quality

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Asphalt Driveway Lifespan in Manchester, NH Examined in HelloNation Featuring Asphalt Expert Robert Stewart

The article outlines how climate, drainage, installation, and maintenance affect driveway durability in southern New Hampshire. What affects the lifespan of an asphalt driveway in Manchester, New ...
Chicago Tribune

Gravel base provides the key to a blacktop driveway’s firm foundation

Blacktop drives are not as simplistic as they may seem. If you want a long-lasting blacktop driveway, don’t concentrate too much on the thickness of the actual blacktop. The blacktop in and of itself ...
Tampa Bay Times

Driveway strength relies on gravel base

Question: We are building a new home, and we are installing a blacktop driveway. There is conflicting information on the bids. One contractor wants to install a 3-inch-thick blacktop surface on the ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask The Builder: New paving systems allow you to build a driveway with grass

DEAR TIM: I recently saw a new paving system that I thought was ingenious. Instead of a solid driveway there were two strips of some precast concrete, each about 2-feet wide for the car tires. Grass ...
Chicago Tribune

For blacktop, it pays to lay gravel on thick

Q. We are building a new home and installing a blacktop driveway. There is conflicting information in the bids. One contractor wants to install a 3-inch-thick blacktop surface. Another contractor says ...