Driveways & Access Roads
Drives and access roads cut in, based, crowned and ditched so the water leaves instead of running down the middle of them.
A drive is a drainage structure
Every gravel drive that fails, fails the same way: water got on it and had nowhere to go. It runs down the wheel tracks, takes the fines with it, and leaves you with a washboard and a gully.
The fix is built in from the start — crown in the middle so water sheds to the sides, ditches either side to carry it away, culverts wherever it has to cross, and a base course under the surface gravel so the top layer isn't doing structural work it was never meant to do.
Long drives and hills
Rural drives out here are often a quarter mile and cross a hollow or two on the way. Those need turnouts to break the run of water before it builds speed, and the grade has to be workable for a delivery truck and a fire truck, not just for your own pickup.
Driveways & Access Roads across West Alabama
We run driveways & access roads out of Berry in Fayette County and cover eight counties from there. Pick yours to see the towns we work in and what the ground is like.
Driveways & Access Roads — questions we get asked
What gravel do you use?
Usually a crusher run base with a surface layer over it. The exact mix depends on the soil and what's driving on it. Hauling it in or having it delivered both work.
Can you fix a drive that's already washing?
Usually. It nearly always comes down to crown and ditches. Adding more gravel to a drive with no crown just gives the water more to carry off.
Do you set the culvert?
Yes — sized for the water above it, bedded right, and with the ends kept open.
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