ARKANSAS FINISHES SEASON AHEAD DESPITE WEATHER
Searcy with 102,000 square yards of millings;
a 2,950 ton asphalt overlay on Mt. Zion
Road and South Shelton Road in Van Buren
County; a 2,790 ton asphalt overlay on
Silver Ridge Road and Tannenbaum Road in
Cleburne County; a 400 ton asphalt overlay
on Capital Quarries Johnson Church Road in
Pocahontas; a 1,416 ton asphalt overlay on
Main Street and School Street in Keiser; and
the newly constructed Paragould Bypass that
will connect Highway 412 East to Highway 49.
Delta started asphalt portions on the bypass
on July 23, 2014 and the road crew wrapped
up the job this month, totaling around 57,000
tons of binder and surface courses.
In the September letting, Delta outbid
three other contractors, landing a job valued
at a little more than $25,000,000. The job
consists of 210,000 tons of asphalt and will
run from just north of Highway 18 in Blytheville
to the Missouri State line on Interstate 55.
The existing road is concrete, which will be
rubblized and topped with base, binder and
surface courses. Planning for the job is in
full swing, and with a winning attitude and
As the end of 2014 draws near, Delta Asphalt
of Arkansas crews continue to meet job
deadlines. With winter weather approaching,
Delta’s crews are taking advantage of every
available workable day. With temperatures
in the low teens from dusk to dawn, and with
temps rising to the mid-30’s during the day,
asphalt plants and operations struggle to
produce mix at a steady pace. However, with
detailed planning and a large dose of good
luck, most projects can be fast tracked for
completion by the most hallowed of holidays
- deer hunting! “Successful cold weather
paving depends on production, transportation,
placement, and compaction,” states John
Bennett (Area Manager). “The Arkansas Delta
Crews are experts at all four!”
Delta recently completed six jobs in the
Arkansas region with asphalt pro