Asphalt Paving in Oak Ridge, NC

Asphalt paving in Oak Ridge follows the town's recent history. Until the late 1990s, this corner of northwestern Guilford County was mostly farmland with many tobacco farms. After the town incorporated in 1998, many of those farms were sold and turned into housing developments. The population went from 3,988 in 2000 to 7,474 in 2020, and housing units nearly doubled, from 1,462 to 2,637. Most driveways here are twenty years old or younger, which makes Oak Ridge a maintenance market more than a replacement market, for now.

Driveways on graded farmland

When fields are turned into lots, the ground is cut and filled to create level house pads and roads. Fill areas that were not compacted well tend to settle over the first decade or two, and driveways built across them settle with them. A low spot that holds water, or a crack running across the driveway at the same place every year, often marks the edge of a fill. We look for those signs and fix the base, not just the surface.

Keeping a younger driveway young

For driveways in their first twenty years, the best investment is maintenance. Hot crack sealing before winter keeps water out of the base, and a sealcoat every few years slows the sun from drying out the surface. Edges are the other weak point: where a lawn mower or landscape bed runs along unsupported asphalt, it crumbles. We can rebuild and backfill edges at the same visit.

Higher ground, same clay

Oak Ridge sits higher than most of Guilford County, with an official elevation of 948 feet. The higher ground drains better in general, but the red Piedmont clay under it still softens when it stays wet. Driveways that run downhill toward the house need a plan for where water goes at the bottom.

Roads through town

NC 68 is the main north-south road, linking Stokesdale to the north with I-73 and I-40 to the south, and NC 150 (Oak Ridge Road) runs east to Summerfield and west to Kernersville. Retail centers line NC 68, especially near the NC 150 intersection. Both are state routes, so driveway connections to them are regulated by NCDOT, and many subdivision streets are state-maintained as well. We check who owns your street before we touch the apron.

Gravel and long drives

Not every Oak Ridge home is in a subdivision. Older farmhouses and newer homes on large tracts often have long gravel drives. We pave those, convert them, or rebuild them with compacted millings depending on length and budget.

Horse properties and outbuildings

Some Oak Ridge properties still have barns, riding rings and equipment sheds, a holdover from the farming years and from the town's long-running Easter horse show. Paths to those buildings carry trailers and heavy equipment. We build those sections thicker, with a wider turning area and firm edges so trailers can swing in without breaking the asphalt.

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