Asphalt Paving in Bolton, MS

Asphalt paving in Bolton is mostly driveway work for homes in town and on the rural land around it. Bolton is a small town in north-central Hinds County, on Interstate 20 about 18 miles west of Jackson and 25 miles east of Vicksburg. It covers about 1.5 square miles and had 441 residents in the 2020 census. We pave driveways, convert gravel drives, repair older asphalt and sealcoat throughout Bolton and the surrounding area.

In the valley

Bolton sits in the valley of Bakers Creek, part of the Big Black River watershed, at about 226 feet. Valley lots collect water from higher ground around them. For a driveway, that means runoff can arrive from the yard, the road or the neighbor's lot, not just from the sky. The first thing we do on a Bolton estimate is watch where water would go: where the driveway is lower than the yard, where a ditch sends water across it, and where puddles form. The plan follows from that.

Gravel, chip seal and asphalt

Many drives around Bolton started as gravel. Over time they rut, lose stone to the ditch and develop a hump in the middle. When converting to asphalt we use the existing stone where it is sound, add and compact new base where it is thin, and give the finished surface a crown or cross slope so water leaves it. On long drives, paving the entrance first stops the gravel from scattering onto the road and is easy to extend later.

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A town that has gotten smaller

Bolton's population peaked at 797 in 1960 and has declined since, falling 22.2 percent between 2010 and 2020. Many homes are older and have been in the same family for years, with driveways that have been patched rather than replaced. If the base is still firm, an overlay can give an old driveway a new surface without a full tear-out. If it is broken through, we will tell you plainly.

Easy access from the interstate

I-20 runs through the northern part of town with access at exit 27. That makes Bolton easy for our trucks and hot-mix deliveries to reach from Jackson, and it lets us combine Bolton jobs with work in Clinton or Edwards. If your driveway connects to a state-maintained road, an MDOT permit applies to the connection. Call (601) 708-8413 for a free estimate anywhere in Bolton.