Asphalt Paving in Murrysville, PA

Asphalt paving in Murrysville covers a mix of suburban neighborhoods and rural land spread across about 36.84 square miles. The municipality, which began as Franklin Township in 1788 and adopted a home rule charter in 1976, had 21,006 residents and 8,737 housing units in 2020. That is a low density for the region, and it means many homes sit on larger lots with long, sloped or wooded driveways. Neighborhoods such as Murrysville Heights, Heather Highlands, Franklin Estates and Settlers Ridge sit alongside older crossroads like Newlonsburg, Sardis and White Valley.

Steady growth since 1950

Murrysville grew from 4,937 people in 1950 to 8,517 in 1960, 12,244 in 1970 and 16,036 in 1980, then kept climbing to 21,006 in 2020. Unlike some inner suburbs, it never had one single boom, so driveways here range from forty or more years old to just a few. We see full replacements on older drives, resurfacing on driveways with a sound base, and crack sealing and sealcoating on newer ones.

Long and wooded driveways

The elevation is about 1,110 feet, and Wikipedia describes the landscape as a mix of residential neighborhoods and rural land with hills. Long driveways through wooded lots have their own problems: tree roots lifting the pavement, shade that keeps the surface damp, leaves that hold water along the edges, and soft shoulders that let the edges break off. We support the edges, keep the base well drained, and repair root damage carefully. Gravel driveways can be converted to asphalt once the stone base is regraded and compacted.

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The Route 22 corridor

U.S. Route 22 runs through Murrysville and serves as its commercial corridor, and the town appears as a control city on eastbound Route 22 signs at the end of I-376 in Monroeville. Shopping plazas, restaurants, offices and service businesses line the road. Those lots get heavy traffic and plow wear, and we patch, overlay, sealcoat and restripe them in phases. Because Route 22 is a state highway, changes to an entrance there may need a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit and a municipal approval letter. We confirm that before working at the road.

Gas well history

Murrysville has an unusual footnote in energy history. In 1878 the Haymaker brothers drilled one of the nation's first commercial natural gas wells here, and the Murrysville tree sign, planted by Boy Scouts in 1933, has a Y said to point toward the original well site. Rural parcels in the area can still have old pipelines or wells, so we call PA One Call before any digging and work around marked lines.

Parks and trails

The municipality's parks system covers more than 1,200 acres, and the Westmoreland Heritage Trail runs through it. We also pave church lots, park access drives and HOA roads. Call (412) 796-9361 for a free estimate in Murrysville.