Asphalt Paving in Shreveport, LA
New asphalt installs built from a properly graded base up — driveways, parking lots, and private roads designed to hold through Louisiana summers and storm-driven rainfall.
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A1 Asphalt Shreveport paves new asphalt surfaces across Shreveport and the Ark-La-Tex — residential driveways, commercial parking lots, multi-family lanes, and private roads. Every project starts under the surface. We grade for drainage, compact aggregate base to the correct depth, and only then bring in hot mix. That sequence is what separates a 25-year pavement from one that's raveling three summers in. Call (318) 610-7967 for a free on-site estimate and a written scope that spells out exactly what you're paying for.
Why Base Prep Decides How Long Asphalt Lasts in the Ark-La-Tex
Asphalt is a flexible pavement, which means the surface flexes under load and transfers weight down into the layers beneath it. If those layers aren't right, the surface cracks, sinks, or ravels no matter how good the mix was. Shreveport sits on red-clay subgrade that swells when wet, shrinks when dry, and moves with every wet-to-dry cycle. Add 50 inches of rain a year — much of it falling in short, intense thunderstorms — and any low spot or poorly drained edge becomes a place where water gets under the pavement and starts undermining it. Our prep starts with a site walk to check grading, identify low spots that pool water, and decide whether the sub-base needs to be excavated, augmented, or just regraded. We then install or rework aggregate base course to spec depth — typically 4 to 8 inches depending on traffic load — and compact it with a vibratory roller until it hits density. Only then does hot mix go down.
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Hot-Mix Asphalt, Compacted at Temperature
We pave with LADOTD-spec hot-mix asphalt from local plants, hauled in covered trucks to hold delivery temperature. Mix has to be laid above roughly 250°F and compacted before it drops below 175°F or it won't reach proper density and the binder won't bond. Cold mix and cooled hot mix are what create the rough, porous surfaces that ravel into loose aggregate within a year — and in Shreveport's summer sun, an under-compacted surface oxidizes twice as fast. Standard residential driveways get a 2-inch compacted lift of surface course over the prepared base. Commercial lots typically get a binder course plus a surface course — 3 to 4 inches total compacted depth — sized to the actual traffic loads. Edge work is hand-formed and rolled separately so the perimeter doesn't crumble where the paver couldn't reach. Roller passes are sequenced — breakdown, intermediate, finish — so the surface compacts evenly without rutting from the equipment itself.
Drainage, Edges, and What Happens at the Transitions
Most asphalt failures in the Ark-La-Tex start at three places: where the pavement meets concrete, where it meets a lawn or gravel, and wherever water is sitting on it. We pay attention to all three. Concrete-to-asphalt joints get a clean saw-cut edge with tack coat applied so the materials actually bond rather than separating when the clay below them moves. Where pavement meets grass or soft shoulders, we form a clean lip with the right slope away from the surface so water sheds off instead of seeping in at the edge and undercutting the base during a Gulf-storm downpour. And we set finished grade so water moves across the surface and off it in a single direction — no birdbaths, no flat spots where standing water can accelerate UV and oxygen damage. Done right, those details add 5 to 10 years to the surface life for almost no additional cost.
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Signs Your Property Needs New Asphalt
Not every aged surface needs a full repave. These are the conditions where patching and resurfacing won't save it.
Widespread Alligator Cracking
Interlocking cracks across more than 25 percent of the surface point to base failure. Patches won't hold; the foundation has to be rebuilt.
Sinking or Birdbaths
Pavement that's dropped, formed pools after rain, or rolls under foot has lost base support — usually because water has undermined the sub-grade.
Raveling Past the Point of Sealcoat
Loose aggregate, gray brittle surface, and crumbling edges mean UV has cooked the binder out. Sealcoat can't restore what's already gone.
Drainage That Was Never Right
If the original install pitched water toward the house, garage, or a low spot, a tear-out and regrade is the only real fix in this rainfall.
How We Pave
Four steps, in this exact order, every job.
Site Walk and Grading Plan
We measure square footage, check drainage, mark utilities, and lay out where the water needs to go before any equipment shows up.
Excavation and Base Prep
We remove old surface and failed base, regrade the sub-grade, then install and compact aggregate base course to the design depth.
Hot-Mix Paving and Compaction
Hot mix is laid at temperature with a paver, hand-worked at edges, and compacted with a roller in a sequenced pattern until density is achieved.
Edge Work and Cleanup
Edges are formed and rolled, transitions to concrete are sealed, the site is swept, and we walk the finished surface with you before we leave.
What Our Clients Say
"Our driveway off Line Avenue had been graying and raveling for years — sun had cooked the binder out of it. They patched the base where water was pooling near the garage, laid a fresh surface, and sealcoated it the right way. Two summers in and it still looks new."
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Get a free written estimate from a local paving contractor that does the base work right. We'll measure, walk the drainage, and tell you what your project actually needs — no upsells, no surprises.