Asphalt Paving in Burnsville, MN

Asphalt paving in Burnsville is mostly replacement and renewal work, because the city ran out of new land years ago. Burnsville counted 583 people in 1950. Once I-35W arrived in 1960, growth took off: almost 20,000 residents by 1970 and more than 51,000 by 1990. By the late 1990s the city was close to build-out and turned toward redevelopment. That timeline means most driveways here were first paved between the mid-1960s and 1990.

Bluffs, slopes and water

Burnsville sits on a bluff above the south bank of the Minnesota River, and the city has around eleven recreational lakes plus Buck Hill's 310-foot ski slope. Plenty of Burnsville lots slope toward a street, a pond or the river valley. On a sloped driveway, water runs down the surface and along the edges, and if the edges are not supported it undercuts them. We look carefully at where water enters and leaves the driveway and often add a slight crown or shaped edge so runoff does not travel the full length of the pavement.

The 1960s and 70s driveway

Older Burnsville driveways often have thin asphalt over a base that was never very deep, plus several rounds of patches. When frost heaves and spring thaw have had fifty winters to work, an overlay rarely holds. We usually recommend removing the old pavement, rebuilding the base to current practice and paving fresh. Where the base is still solid, we will say so and quote an overlay instead.

Commercial work near Burnsville Center

Burnsville Center, at about 1.28 million square feet, anchors a commercial corridor along County Road 42 and I-35W with large parking fields around it. Smaller retail, medical and office lots along the same corridor see heavy traffic and plows every winter. We handle patching, crack sealing, sealcoating, overlays and restriping, phased so businesses stay open.

Interstates split here

I-35 divides into 35W and 35E inside Burnsville, and Highway 13 and County Road 42 carry much of the local traffic. Driveways that open onto county roads may fall under county rules rather than city rules at the approach, so we check who controls the right-of-way before planning any change there.

Lake lots around Crystal Lake

Homes near Crystal Lake and the city's other lakes often sit on lower ground where the water table runs high in spring. A driveway that dips toward the lake side of the lot catches runoff from the street and the roof, and that water sits in the base right when frost is leaving the ground. On these lots we look for a way to move water to the side yard or a swale before it reaches the pavement, and we build the base deeper where the subgrade stays soft. On the bluff side of the city, the problem flips: water moves fast, and the job is to keep it from carving out the edges.

Redevelopment and infill

Because Burnsville reached build-out in the late 1990s, much of today's construction is infill and redevelopment, including the 54-acre Heart of the City district. New townhomes and apartments there have private drives and lots that need the same maintenance cycle as anywhere else: crack sealing in the fall, sealcoating every few years and restriping as lines fade.

Next step

We visit, measure, check the base and drainage, and send a written quote with each line item. Call (651) 677-2476 or

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