Shreveport's Trusted Asphalt Paving Contractors

Most residential driveways in Caddo Parish run $4 to $7 per square foot for new asphalt over a proper base, depending on access, slope, and how much grading is needed. A typical two-car driveway lands between $4,500 and $8,500. Resurfacing an existing driveway with a sound base costs less. Every estimate is measured on site and itemized in writing.

Properly installed asphalt in Shreveport lasts 20 to 30 years if it's maintained — sealcoated every 3 to 4 years and crack-filled annually. Skip the sealcoat and Louisiana sun will oxidize the binder out of the surface in eight to twelve years, leaving it gray, brittle, and raveling. The base prep at install determines the ceiling; sealcoat determines whether you hit it.

We typically open driveways to passenger vehicles 24 to 48 hours after the final roll, though Shreveport summer heat keeps the mat soft longer, so we usually wait closer to 48. Keep trailers, boats, RVs, and anything with narrow tires off the surface for the first 14 days so it doesn't get scarred. Full cure takes about 30 days, but normal use is fine well before that.

Every 3 to 4 years for residential driveways in Shreveport — closer to 3 than 4 here because UV is the dominant aging factor and our summers are brutal on asphalt binder. Commercial lots that take heavy traffic should be on a 2-to-3-year cycle. Sealcoating too often wastes money; waiting too long lets UV oxidize the surface past the point where sealcoat can save it.

Paving season here is long — roughly March through November. We avoid the deepest weeks of summer for big driveway pours when surface temperatures make the mat hard to finish cleanly, but with the right plant timing and early-morning starts we can pave year-round in most years. Winter cold snaps are short enough that scheduling around them isn't difficult.

Asphalt typically costs 30 to 50 percent less than concrete to install, and it flexes with the shrink-swell movement of red-clay subgrade instead of cracking like concrete does. Concrete reflects heat better but cracks expensively when the clay moves underneath it. For most Shreveport driveways, asphalt is the better long-term value — provided it gets sealcoated on schedule.

Yes — we cover Bossier City, Haughton, Benton, Greenwood, Blanchard, Stonewall, Keithville, Elm Grove, and Mooringsport, plus surrounding parts of Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto parishes. Service area for commercial work is broader across the Ark-La-Tex; ask when you call.

In Shreveport, yes — and it's the single highest-return dollar you can spend on residential asphalt. Sealcoat blocks the UV oxidation that's the number-one cause of pavement aging in this climate, and it seals water out of the surface before our heavy summer thunderstorms can drive it down to the base. A $400 sealcoat every 3 to 4 years can add ten-plus years to an $8,000 driveway.