Asphalt Paving in Palmer Township, PA

Asphalt paving in Palmer Township ranges from neighborhood driveways to commercial lots built for trucks. The township had 22,317 residents and 9,087 housing units at the 2020 census, on about 10.3 square miles just northwest of Easton. Neighborhoods include Seipsville, Highland Park, Old Orchard, Palmer Heights, Palmer Park and Prospect Park. The population doubled within ten years of a building boom in the early 1920s, so some neighborhoods are nearly a century old.

Distribution traffic

The Lehigh Valley is one of the leading warehouse and distribution areas on the East Coast, and Amazon operates a 1.1 million square foot facility in Palmer Township. Lots and entrances that carry trucks need thicker sections and deeper base than car parking, and truck turning areas wear out fastest. We design each area of a commercial lot for its actual traffic.

Highways

US 22 crosses the township east to west with an interchange just west of Wilson at PA 248, which links Easton and Nazareth. PA 33 crosses the northwest, with an interchange at Tatamy Road. Palmer had 113.47 miles of public roads in 2021: 93.09 maintained by the township and 20.17 by PennDOT. Driveways on state routes need a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit for new or changed connections; on township streets, township rules apply.

Older neighborhoods

Homes from the 1920s boom and the postwar decades often have narrow driveways, detached garages and surfaces that have been patched and topped many times. We usually remove the built-up layers and rebuild the base rather than adding more asphalt on top.

Bushkill Creek

Bushkill Creek, the Lehigh River and Schoeneck Creek drain the township toward the Delaware. Binney and Smith, the company that became Crayola, once had its factory along Bushkill Creek. Lots near the creek can stay wet; base depth and grading matter more there.

Climate

The area averages about 33 inches of snow a year, January averages around 30 degrees, and the record low is -15. Freeze-thaw cycles and plowing are hard on asphalt; fall crack filling and sealing help it last.

Phasing commercial work

For busy lots, we split the work into phases so trucks and customers can still get in and out. Drive lanes may be milled and repaved on one day and parking areas on another. Restriping follows once the asphalt has cured enough to take paint.

Our work in Palmer

• Driveway replacement, overlays and gravel conversions
• Heavy-duty commercial and truck lots
• Patching, crack filling and sealcoating
• Restriping with required accessible spaces

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