Benefits of Asphalt for Driveways and Parking Lots

When choosing to pave a new driveway, replace your driveway, or patch an existing asphalt driveway, consider the following benefits of using asphalt:

• Asphalt is strong and very durable so it lasts for many years with minimal maintenance.
• Asphalt is made to withstand freezing and thawing.
• Asphalt is unaffected by salt so no worries in the winter!
• Asphalt is the most cost effective material available for driveways.
• A black asphalt driveway will melt ice and snow from the sun.

Asphalt is also the material of choice for parking lots for the same reasons as listed above, and also because it withstands much heavier loads than concrete.