Driveways, parking lots, sealcoating and resurfacing in Highland. Family owned for over 30 years, owner supervised on every jobsite, free estimates.
Highland is home. Asphalt Express LLC is based on Maple Street in Highland Township, and for over 30 years the driveways along M-59, the private roads off Milford Road and the lots around the township's commercial stretch have been the jobs we can reach in minutes, not hours. When you call us from Highland you are calling a neighbour, and the owner who answers is the same one who will be standing on your driveway when the paver arrives.
Highland Township is a big, mostly rural community, and its paving needs reflect that. Long driveways running back from Duck Lake Road or Hickory Ridge Road, shared private roads serving a handful of homes, horse-property drives that have to carry trucks and trailers, and the parking areas behind businesses along Highland Road. Much of the township sits on rolling glacial ground with lakes and wetlands tucked in between, which means drainage and base preparation matter more here than almost anywhere else we work.
Because this is where we live, Highland customers tend to become repeat customers: we pave the drive, come back to seal it, and resurface it years later for the next owner.
Our home base: 236 Maple, Highland, MI 48357 · Find us on Google Maps
Every service we offer is available in Highland. Long rural drives, private roads, farm and business lots and the occasional subdivision driveway each need something a little different, and we do all of it with the same owner-supervised crew.
New asphalt surfaces for driveways, private roads and parking areas, from excavation and base construction through hot-mix installation and compaction. In Highland that usually means a long drive on a properly built base that can carry trucks, trailers and equipment.
Parking lot paving, resurfacing, repair, sealcoating and line striping for businesses of every size. For Highland's businesses, farms and commercial properties we build lots and yards that carry real loads and schedule around your hours.
Protective sealcoating, crack filling and routine maintenance that keep water out of the base and extend the life of the surface. On a long Highland drive that takes plow damage every winter, regular sealing and crack filling are far cheaper than the repairs they prevent.
A new wearing course over an existing surface whose base is still sound, restoring a worn driveway or lot to like-new condition. On a long Highland drive with a base that is still solid, resurfacing is the economical way to get a like-new surface.
Driveways, walkways, private roads and turnarounds for homeowners, built to carry real use and finished to match the property. In Highland that includes long private drives, shared roads for a few homes and turnaround areas.
Recycled asphalt pavement, delivered, graded and compacted into a firm, dark surface for drives, yards and parking areas. For Highland's long rural drives, millings are a genuinely popular choice: durable, affordable and far better than loose gravel.
Complete removal of a failed surface, correction and recompaction of the base, and installation of new asphalt. On a long Highland drive where the base has failed, we remove the old surface, rebuild the base and start fresh.
Pothole repair and patching, crack filling and sealing, surface levelling and line striping for existing lots. For Highland businesses and farms that means prompt repair of potholes, failed sections and edges.
Highland's ground is a patchwork. Sandy, well-drained knolls sit beside low, wet ground near the lakes and the Highland Recreation Area, and one long driveway can cross both. On sandy ground a straightforward gravel base works; where it is soft we excavate deeper, add aggregate and geotextile fabric so the base does not pump and rut under load.
Winters here are hard on asphalt. The freeze-thaw cycle works water into every crack and lifts the surface, and shaded rural drives under tree cover stay wet and frozen longer than open suburban lots. That is why we push crack filling and sealcoating so firmly in Highland: a surface that is sealed before winter comes out of March in far better shape than one that is not.
Seasonal weight restrictions and road standards in Oakland County are set by the Road Commission for Oakland County; for hot-mix specifications we work to the Asphalt Pavement Association of Michigan guidance.
We look at the ground, the access and the drainage, and give you a free, honest estimate for what the job actually needs.
Excavate to the right depth, correct soft ground with fabric and aggregate, and compact a base that will not move.
Shape the surface so water sheds away from the house, the lake or the building, and toward ground that can take it.
Hot mix placed at the right temperature and rolled to spec while it is workable, with clean edges and transitions.
Striping where needed, a clean site, and a sealing schedule so the surface stays tight through Michigan winters.
On a long drive the base and the grades decide everything. The owner walks every site and is there when the asphalt goes down.
Three decades of building long drives and private roads across rural Southeast Michigan. Most of our Highland work comes from neighbours who saw a drive we built.
We price long drives by the actual area and base work, and we will quote hot-mix asphalt and millings side by side so you can compare.
Trucks, trailers, equipment and plows. We build rural drives with the base depth and edge support to take all of it.
We cover the whole of Highland Township: the village area around Milford Road and Livingston Road, the lake communities on Duck Lake, White Lake's western shore and Tomahawk Lake, the rural roads north toward Clyde and Rose Township, and the commercial properties along M-59. If you are anywhere in 48356 or 48357, you are in our home territory.
Anywhere in Highland, call (248) 889-5357 or use the form below. For permits and right-of-way rules, check the official Highland website.
The questions Highland property owners ask us most, answered honestly.
Yes. Our address is 236 Maple, Highland, MI 48357, and it has been our base for years. You can find us on Google Maps under Asphalt Express. Being local means fast estimates, quick scheduling and a crew that knows the roads.
Not at all. Long rural drives are the majority of what we pave in Highland. We price them by the actual area and base work required, and we can talk through gravel base, asphalt millings or hot-mix asphalt depending on your budget and how the drive is used.
It depends on length and base work. Many are completed in two to three days. We confirm the schedule when we quote.
Foot traffic is usually fine within a day. We ask you to keep vehicles off for a few days while the asphalt cures, and we will confirm the exact timing for your job.
Yes. Every estimate is free. We walk the drive, identify the soft sections and give you our honest recommendation while keeping your budget in mind.
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Over 30 years of asphalt work across Oakland County. Call today for your free Highland estimate.
