Asphalt Paving in Fontana, CA

Asphalt paving in Fontana has to deal with trucks. The city is described as a regional trucking hub, with Interstate 10, State Route 210 and Interstate 15 all crossing it, and a large share of its pavement sits under heavy loads. At the same time, Fontana has added tens of thousands of homes: the population went from 36,804 in 1980 to 87,535 in 1990, an increase of 137.8 percent, and reached 208,393 by 2020.

On the Lytle Creek fan

Most of Fontana sits on an alluvial fan from Lytle Creek that slopes gently to the south. Elevation runs from about 840 feet at the southern edge to about 2,600 feet in the Hunter's Ridge area in the north. The ground is sand, gravel and cobble, which compacts firmly but can be loose in places, especially where sandy soils from the old Delhi dune field are present. We check and correct the subgrade before every job.

Truck yards and industrial lots

For truck yards, trailer parking and distribution sites, pavement thickness is everything. Thin asphalt under semi trailers ruts and cracks quickly, especially in summer. We size the section to the traffic, use concrete where trailers drop their landing gear, and rebuild failed areas full depth. Fontana's old Kaiser Steel site is still an operating mill, and industrial properties nearby have similar heavy-duty needs.

Residential driveways

For homes, the most common jobs are replacing original driveways in 1980s and 1990s tracts, adding RV and trailer pads, and sealing newer asphalt. Many households here keep work trucks at home, so we often recommend a thicker section on part of the driveway.

Wind and heat

Santa Ana winds blow through Cajon Pass into Fontana, and August highs average about 96 degrees. Dust control matters on windy days, and fresh asphalt needs time to cool. We schedule around both.

Common Fontana jobs

North Fontana, toward the 210 and the foothills, has newer homes on sloped streets, where we do RV pads, side-yard paving and sealcoating. Central and south Fontana have older homes and 1980s and 1990s tracts that need replacements and overlays. Near the 10 and the 15, the work is truck yards, trailer parking and industrial lots. Because Fontana gets more wind than cities to the west, we stage materials carefully, keep grading damp, and sweep any tracked dirt off the street at the end of each day.

Planning a Fontana project

Fontana's elevation changes by more than 1,700 feet from south to north, and that shapes the work. Lower, flatter areas in the south are easier to pave but can hold water at low points after storms. Higher areas in the north are steeper and rockier, with faster runoff. In both, we look at where water goes before setting the slope. Summer highs in the mid-90s mean early starts, and in fall and winter, Santa Ana winds can cool asphalt too fast to compact properly, so we avoid paving on very windy days.

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