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Asphalt Paving in Stillwater

Asphalt Paving in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Lot paving, overlays and tear-out-and-replace for commercial properties in Stillwater. Base graded, compacted and drained before any mix goes down.

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About an hour and a half west of Eau Claire on I-94 and north on Highway 36. The estimate is free.

A freshly paved asphalt lot in deep black, running up to a white barn and silo.
4.7 Google ratingFrom 21 reviews
6-12 mo Before first sealNew asphalt has to cure
15-20 yrs Well-built drivewayIf it gets sealed

Working in Stillwater

There's a new hospital going up at Highway 36 and Manning Avenue, six stories and about 400,000 square feet with 97 beds, roughly twice the size of the current campus, and Central Commons is planned on the southeast corner of the same intersection with a grocery store and about 200 apartments. New pavement on that scale goes down on a base that's graded, compacted and drained. On an existing lot the question is overlay or tear out, and it's the base that answers it rather than the surface. New asphalt waits six to twelve months for its first seal.

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Job Photos

A large freshly paved asphalt lot curving around a landscaped island in front of a low institutional building
A lot repaved, edge to edge
A freshly paved asphalt driveway running up to a three-bay garage, caution tape across the street end
A driveway repaved and taped off to cure

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Overlay or tear out and replace?

An overlay is new asphalt laid over the old surface. It's roughly half the cost of a replacement, it goes down in a day, and it's the right answer when the existing base is sound and the surface has simply worn out. It's the wrong answer when the base has failed, because an overlay follows the shape of what's underneath. Lay one over a surface that's cracked into squares and those cracks come through the new mat within two or three years, and the overlay only delayed the replacement. That conversation is worth having before the quote, not after.

What Decides the Price in Stillwater

Asphalt tracks the oil market, so a number from last season is not a number for this one. Every job here is measured on site and the number is fixed before work starts.

Overlay

Per square foot

Measured on site

  • Existing base sound, surface worn out
  • Overlay or full replacement, priced after the base is checked

Tear out and replace

Per square foot

Measured on site

  • Old surface out, base rebuilt, new mat laid and rolled

Gravel to asphalt

Per square foot

Measured on site

  • Common out in the townships, where drives are long
  • Grading and drainage are most of the work and most of the cost

The setup on a long rural drive is spread over more area than on a short town one. If you've been told a long drive is prohibitive, it's worth a second number.

How the Work Goes in Stillwater

The base is the part you never see and the part that decides everything.

Work out where the water goes

Before anything else. Grade and drainage decide the lifespan, and they're the one thing that can't be fixed later without starting again.

Remove, or prepare what stays

Full replacement means the old surface comes out. An overlay means the existing surface is cleaned, failed areas cut out and patched, and the edges prepared.

Base, graded and compacted

Compacted in lifts to the right depth for what will drive on it. A driveway and a lot that takes delivery trucks need different bases, and building both the same way is how one of them fails early.

Lay and roll

Hot mix laid to the design thickness and rolled while it's hot. Compaction is time-limited, which is why paving is a day that runs to the weather.

Tell you when to seal it

Not this year. New asphalt needs six to twelve months to cure before its first seal, and sealing too early traps the oils and does more harm than leaving it alone.

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Questions We Get in Stillwater

What Stillwater calls us about, answered straight.

More questions answered
How far is it from Eau Claire, and do you come this far for a lot?
About 74 miles and an hour and a half: I-94 west, then north on Highway 36. For commercial lots we come out. Send the address and what the lot needs and we'll set up a time to walk it. The estimate is free.
Does county work have to go out as a formal bid?
Yes, and it comes back in that form. You get a written scope with the quantities measured and a fixed number, which is what a county board or a facilities committee needs in front of it.
Can I overlay the driveway instead of replacing it?
If the base is sound, yes, and it saves roughly half. If the surface is cracked into squares that flex underfoot, no: the base has failed and those cracks will come through a new overlay within a couple of years.
When can we drive on new asphalt?
Cars after about 24 hours once it has cooled properly, heavy vehicles after several days. In hot weather keep the wheels moving when you turn for the first few weeks, because fresh asphalt scuffs.

The Lots and Surfaces in Stillwater

Stillwater is the Washington County seat, on the St. Croix River, about 19,000 people and roughly 74 miles from Eau Claire: I-94 west and then north on Highway 36. Highways 36, 95 and 96 all run through it. The old downtown is down on the river and the newer commercial ground is out west along 36.

The county holds the biggest institutional ground in town. The Washington County Government Center on 62nd Street North is the main campus for county government, and the courthouse carries community corrections and the Tenth Judicial District courts. Lakeview Hospital is on Churchill Street West and City Hall is on 4th Street North.

The retail is on Highway 36. Stillwater Marketplace on Market Drive runs 13.6 acres and about 100,922 square feet of retail anchored by Cub Foods and Target, built in phases between 1996 and 2000, and Valley Ridge Center on 36 is another 82,289 square feet on 8.32 acres. West Stillwater has a business park area along Curve Crest Boulevard and Tower Drive, zoned business park office with Highway 36 access. Downtown is a parking question more than a retail corridor: the city runs a paid ramp of 248 spaces a block west of Main Street plus roughly 760 surface spaces, most of them along the river.

Where we work in Stillwater

  • Curve Crest Boulevard
  • Tower Drive
  • Market Drive
  • The Highway 36 corridor
  • Downtown Main Street

Around Stillwater: The Stillwater Lift Bridge, Lowell Park on the riverfront, The Washington County Government Center on 62nd Street North, Lakeview Hospital on Churchill Street West, The Warden's House Museum.

19,386 people, 2024 Census estimate.

The ground around here is sandy glacial outwash, excessively drained, sand and sandy loam textures. MnDOT has wanted 30 to 36 inches of frost-free material under asphalt since 1995, and it rates silt as the worst soil there is for frost heave.

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Tell us what it looks like and we'll come measure it. You get a written price before anything starts.

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  • Free on commercial lots and properties in Stillwater
  • A photo of the problem helps, and it can go in the message
  • Surfaces that are not ready yet get told so at the estimate

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