Asphalt Paving in Springfield, VA

Asphalt paving in Springfield deals with driveways from one of the fastest suburban buildouts in the region. Springfield was a rural crossroads until at least 1946, when developer Edward Carr subdivided the land along the new Henry Shirley Highway, now I-95 and I-395. The population went from about 1,000 in 1950 to more than 10,000 by 1960 and more than 25,000 by 1970. The wider Springfield area defined by its four ZIP codes had about 108,600 people in 2020.

Sixty-year-old driveways

Many Springfield homes still sit on their original lots with driveways that have been patched, overlaid and sealed several times. Layers of old overlays can build up until the driveway is higher than the garage floor or the sidewalk, and cracks from the original base keep coming through. Often the best answer is to remove the stacked layers, rebuild the base and pave once at the right thickness.

The Mixing Bowl

The Springfield Interchange, where I-95, I-395 and the Capital Beltway meet, was rebuilt from 1999 to 2007 at a cost of $676 million and now handles more than 430,000 vehicles a day. Commercial lots near the interchange and along Backlick, Old Keene Mill and Franconia roads see heavy use, and repairs need to be phased to keep businesses open.

Clay east of I-95

Fairfax County material quoted in local reporting places the county's marine clay in the Coastal Plain, mainly east of I-95, and names Springfield-area communities that have had problems with it. Clay that swells and slips when wet affects foundations and pavement alike. On those lots we pay extra attention to base depth and drainage.

Who owns the street

Fairfax County's transportation department says VDOT maintains most roads in the county and very few miles are county-maintained, while private and HOA streets are kept up by their associations. Under Virginia's entrance rules, a homeowner needs an entrance permit for a private entrance, installs it on curb-and-gutter streets, and handles grading from the edge of the pavement to the right-of-way line. Replacing a driveway in the same footprint usually leaves the entrance alone; changing or widening it brings VDOT in. We check which applies at the estimate.

Services in Springfield

• Removing stacked overlays and rebuilding driveways
• Resurfacing sound driveways
• Commercial lot repairs, overlays and striping
• Crack sealing and sealcoating

Carr's subdivisions today

The neighborhoods Edward Carr and other builders laid out in the late 1940s and 1950s are full of modest homes on regular lots, many now updated or expanded. Additions often come with wider driveways or new parking pads added years after the original drive. Those joints between old and new asphalt are frequent failure points, and a single new surface over a rebuilt base usually fixes them for good.

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