Asphalt Paving in Cheshire, CT

Asphalt paving in Cheshire is mainly suburban driveway work. Cheshire more than doubled in the 1950s, from 6,295 residents in 1950 to 13,383 in 1960, and kept growing to 28,543 by 2000; it had 28,733 in 2020 and 10,401 housing units. Many driveways in town date from those decades and have been resurfaced at least once.

Wet, cold winters

Cheshire averages about 54.6 inches of precipitation a year, and its average January low is about 15 degrees with highs around 35. That combination is hard on asphalt: lots of water gets into cracks and freezes. Sealing cracks before winter and sealcoating every few years extend driveway life a great deal here.

Older suburban driveways

Driveways from the 1950s through the 1980s usually show the same problems: edges crumbling into the lawn, a dip near the garage, cracks where two paving passes met, and a gray surface. If the base is still firm, an overlay with milled transitions at the garage and street works well. If it has failed, we excavate, rebuild the processed-stone base and repave.

Route 10 and commercial lots

Route 10 is the main north-south road and the busiest in town, lined with shops, offices and restaurants. I-691 skirts the north edge and I-84 crosses the northwest corner. Commercial lots along Route 10 see constant traffic and need regular crack sealing, sealcoating, patching and restriping. Driveways and entrances on Route 10 connect to a state highway, where Connecticut DOT regulates right-of-way work through encroachment permits.

Farmington Canal Trail

The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail runs through Cheshire. Properties along the trail and its road crossings sometimes have drainage that flows toward the trail corridor, so we check where water from a new driveway will go.

Costs and choices

HomeGuide lists new asphalt driveways at about $5 to $12 or more per square foot and resurfacing at $3 to $7, and estimates an overlay typically saves 20 to 30 percent over full replacement. For a typical two-car Cheshire driveway of around 600 square feet, that means roughly $3,000 to $7,200 for a new driveway at national rates. Many Cheshire homeowners also ask about widening for a third car or adding a parking pad; widening at the street may need town approval, and we check before planning it. Sealcoating, at about $1 to $2 per square foot, is the lowest-cost way to protect a driveway that is still solid. We will give you an honest view of which option makes sense for yours.

Cheshire jobs

• Driveway replacement and overlays
• Widening for extra parking
• Sealcoating and crack sealing
• Commercial lots on Route 10

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