The Asphalt Contractor Trusted Most by Commercial Property Owners in Saline, MI

Pavement in Michigan has to withstand conditions that lots elsewhere rarely experience. Your lot here fights two things at once, and most contractors only account for one. At Bart’s Asphalt, our paving services address the same wear issues that shorten pavement life across busy local sites.

The first is winter. The Ann Arbor area nearby averages about 61 inches of snow a year, and it’s the freeze-thaw swings, not the cold, that do the damage. Water seeps into small cracks on a mild afternoon, freezes and expands overnight, and each swing works like a jackhammer until the surface gives way.

Then road salt piles on. Washtenaw County spreads roughly 19,000 tons of it a winter, and that brine gets tracked across your lot, driving even more melt-and-refreeze into the cracks you already have.

The second is load. A five-lane Michigan Avenue, the trucks at the plants, and a steady retail turnover push weight across your lot all year. Asphalt is the first surface a spring thaw softens, which is why the state puts heavier weight limits on asphalt roads than on concrete.

Left alone, that damage compounds on you fast:

• Trip-and-fall liability from potholes and heaved sections
• ADA exposure as accessible stalls and fire-lane markings fade
• A neglected look on a busy corridor where every passing car sees it
• An early repave bill, years before you should need one

Timing is the best solution. Crack sealing and sealcoating on a two-to-three-year schedule keep water and salt out before they reach the base, thus preventing more costly repairs down the line.