Asphalt Paving in Bristol, CT

Asphalt paving in Bristol covers a city of more than 60,000 people with very different neighborhoods. Bristol had 60,833 residents in 2020 on about 26.4 square miles, and its neighborhoods include Cedar Lake, Chippens Hill, East Bristol, Edgewood, Federal Hill, Forestville Village, Maple End and the West End. The city center sits at about 420 feet, with hills rising around it.

Older neighborhoods

Bristol grew from 6,268 people in 1900 to 35,961 by 1950 and 55,487 by 1970. Neighborhoods like Federal Hill and Forestville, established in 1833, hold older homes on modest lots, often with narrow driveways, detached garages and multi-family parking. Those driveways have often been overlaid repeatedly. We remove built-up layers when the surface sits too high, and rebuild the base where it has failed.

Hills

Chippens Hill and Federal Hill are named for what they are. Sloped driveways need water control: crown or cross-slope, asphalt berm curbing on the edge that carries runoff, and a trench drain at the bottom when a garage sits below the street.

Clocks, a theme park and a sports network

Gideon Roberts was making wooden clock movements in Bristol by 1790, and the American Clock and Watch Museum has been here since 1952. Lake Compounce opened in 1846 and is described as the oldest continuously operating theme park in the country. ESPN arrived in 1979 and is the city's largest employer, with about 4,100 people. That mix brings plenty of commercial lots, offices and multi-family housing, all of which need paving, patching, sealing and striping.

Multi-family and commercial

Parking areas for multi-family buildings get turning traffic all day. We build them with thicker sections than a driveway and lay them out so cars can turn without backing into the street. For commercial lots, we phase work to keep businesses open and restripe with the accessible spaces the 2010 ADA Standards require.

Costs and what we need from you

National guides list new asphalt driveways at about $5 to $12 or more per square foot (HomeGuide) and $7 to $15 per square foot (Angi), and sealcoating at about $1 to $2 per square foot. Bristol driveways vary from short city drives to long hillside runs on Chippens Hill, so the price varies a lot. To get the most accurate estimate, tell us the size, whether there is a garage below the street, how many cars park there and whether you see standing water. Photos help. We visit, measure and give you a written scope with base depth, asphalt thickness, edging and drainage. Multi-family owners should mention the number of units and parked cars so we can size the section properly.

What we do in Bristol

• Driveway replacement and overlays
• Multi-family parking areas
• Sealcoating and crack sealing
• Pothole and edge repair
• Commercial lots and striping

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