Roads & Driveways
Road and driveway construction in Bear Lake Valley
A road into new property, a long driveway up to a cabin, or the access a building lot needs before a house can go on it. The part of a road that matters most is the part nobody sees: the base under it and where the water goes.
What’s included
Roads & Driveways: what we do
- Private roads into new property
- Driveways, including long rural driveways
- Gravel base and surfacing
- Culverts, ditches and drainage
- Grading and regrading
Built for the spring thaw
Bear Lake roads get the full freeze-thaw cycle every year. A road without enough base, or without somewhere for the water to go, turns to ruts and mud every spring and washboard every summer.
On a hillside lot the driveway is part of the house plan: the grade has to work for a truck in the snow, not just for a car in July.
From the job site
Roads & Driveways we’ve done
Compacting a new driveway base
Roads & Driveways: common questions
Why does a gravel driveway turn to mud every spring?
Usually not enough base and nowhere for the water to go. When the frost comes out of the ground, water trapped under a thin layer of gravel turns the road soft. The fix is a proper base, a crown or slope to shed water, and ditches or culverts to carry it away.
Can you build the road into a lot before the house?
Yes, and it’s often the right order. Concrete trucks, lumber deliveries and the excavator all need a way in, so the road usually goes in first.
Also from us
Other work we do
New Homes
Houses and cabins from bare ground to move-in, with the excavation and foundation done in-house.
Read moreRemodels & Additions
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and the extra room the house never had.
Read moreExcavation & Foundations
Basements and footings, lot clearing, grading, and the digging everything else depends on.
Read moreTalk to us about roads & driveways.
Tell us what you want to build, fix or dig, and where. You’ll be talking to someone from the valley who knows the ground.