{"id":140,"date":"2019-02-07T06:58:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T06:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2019-09-17T05:10:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:10:13","slug":"the-strongest-asphalt-driveway-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/2019\/02\/07\/the-strongest-asphalt-driveway-option\/","title":{"rendered":"THE STRONGEST ASPHALT DRIVEWAY OPTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7291CameronCir.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7291CameronCir.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7291CameronCir-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7291CameronCir-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>THE STRONGEST ASPHALT DRIVEWAY OPTION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When it comes to deciding which are your best options for a new home driveway, we recommend going with a Full Depth Asphalt Driveway. Full Depth Asphalt will provide the homeowner with the best combination of strength, flexibility and durability, especially in climates that have fluctuating temperatures throughout the year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Starting with a good base is\r\nparamount to the building of a solid asphalt driveway.&nbsp; If the soil hard or if you have road base on\r\nyour driveway a <strong>3<\/strong>-inch compacted asphalt should be adequate. If you use driveway for commercial purposes, you might want it thicker for heavier loads. If we find that the subgrade quality\r\nis unstable, we may recommend additional road base of crushed aggregate be laid and thoroughly compacted first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> inch of compacted asphalt pavement is equivalent to <strong>3<\/strong> inches of aggregate base.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Benefits of Hot Mix Asphalt<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is no comparison when it comes\r\nto durability and sustainability of hot mix asphalt against concrete for a\r\ncolder climate:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul><li>Asphalt is flexible and gives\r\nwith initial settlements <\/li><li>Asphalt withstands extreme\r\ntemperature changes<\/li><li>Asphalt is strong and very\r\ndurable<\/li><li>Asphalt is good looking and\r\nadds value to any property<\/li><li>Asphalt gives a smooth, safe\r\nsurface<\/li><li>Asphalt is unaffected by salt<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In conclusion, a Hot Mix Asphalt\r\nDriveway will give you many years of good, worry free use.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us for any further\r\ninformation you require:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Denver Office: 303-467-0631\r\n\r\nColorado Springs\/Monument Office: 719-481-9411\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE STRONGEST ASPHALT DRIVEWAY OPTION When it comes to deciding which are your best options for a new home driveway, we recommend going with a Full Depth Asphalt Driveway. Full Depth Asphalt will provide the homeowner with the best combination of strength, flexibility and durability, especially in climates that have fluctuating temperatures throughout the year. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/2019\/02\/07\/the-strongest-asphalt-driveway-option\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THE STRONGEST ASPHALT DRIVEWAY OPTION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[27,68,69,67,73,65,19,74,58,64,61,70,62,60,76,71,63,72,75,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyasphalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}