Asphalt Paving
Hot mix asphalt paving from the ground up for homes, ranches and businesses: the site graded for drainage, the base put down and compacted, then hot mix laid with our own LeeBoy pavers and rolled while it is hot.
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Madisonville is the Madison County seat, sitting on Town Creek where the roads cross. Interstate 45, US 190, Highway 21, Highway 75 and Highway 90 all meet in one small town. TxDOT counted close to 40,000 vehicles a day on I-45 at Madisonville in 2025. The old grid around the square holds short town driveways, and the county roads outside hold long gravel ones.
JEJ Asphalt & Concrete Recovery is based in North Zulch, about twelve miles west in this same county. We lay hot mix asphalt for asphalt driveways, ranch roads and commercial parking lots around Madisonville. We also do chip seal, sealcoating, crack filling and asphalt repair. Call or text (979) 595-5944 and we will come look at the site and give you a free estimate.
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We come out, look at the site and give you a written estimate.
The soil at the middle of town is Boonville fine sandy loam. The USDA soil survey calls it somewhat poorly drained. The top few inches look like sand, and under them sits a dense clay that holds water.
That clay swells when it is wet and shrinks when it is dry. The Boonville series is recorded with high shrink-swell in those clay layers. Pavement laid over it moves with it, and cracks show up along the edges first.
The weather works on it too. The Madisonville weather station records about 45 inches of rain a year and around 100 days at or above 90 degrees. So the base and the drainage decide how long asphalt lasts here. We grade the site to move water off, then compact the base before any hot mix goes down.
Madisonville held 4,420 people at the 2020 Census, in 1,707 housing units on about four square miles. The 77864 ZIP covers far more ground: 7,243 people spread across 178 square miles. So roughly four in ten people with a Madisonville address live outside the city limits, on county roads.
In town, the drives are short and tie straight into the old street grid off Main and May. Out in the county, a drive can run several hundred feet to the house. It crosses a culvert at the road and carries feed trucks, trailers and delivery vans. Those two jobs need different base work.
Madison County requires a driveway access permit for a new drive, a new culvert, or changing a dirt driveway to asphalt or concrete. It sets a minimum culvert length of 24 feet and a minimum diameter of 15 inches. The precinct commissioner makes the final call, and the county lists no fee at this time. If your drive ties into Highway 21, US 190 or I-45, that is TxDOT right-of-way and its driveway permit applies instead.
The biggest stretch of commercial pavement in Madison County sits out at the I-45 exits. Fuel stops, motels, restaurants and shops line the frontage and the east end of Main Street. Loaded trucks use those lots every day.
Truck traffic breaks a lot in a pattern. The drive lanes and the turn-ins rut first. Then the dumpster pad sinks, and water stands in the low spot. A lot built for that traffic gets a heavier section where the trucks run, over a base compacted to carry it.
We plan the work in phases with you so the business can keep running. Once the asphalt has cooled, the lot gets striping, with accessible spaces and access aisles marked to the Texas Accessibility Standards. Businesses, churches, motels, shops and equipment yards around Madisonville get the same process. Our work comes with a free estimate up front and a 3-year written warranty on new asphalt we install.
Madison County is 473 square miles of post oak savannah, and beef cattle are the main farm income. That means ranch entrances, long shared drives and private roads. They carry cattle trailers, hay trucks and oilfield traffic, and plain road base washboards under that load.
Madison County's subdivision regulations set what a street in a new subdivision has to be. The county lists three surfaces: hot mix asphaltic concrete, reinforced concrete pavement, or a two-course surface treatment. For hot mix, its minimum is 1.5 inches over at least six inches of compacted base. A two-course surface treatment needs seven inches of compacted base under it.
The county also wants the center line at least three inches above the edges of the street, so water runs off. We build private roads and ranch roads the same way: crown it, ditch it, compact the base, then surface it. Highway 21 runs straight east out of North Zulch into Madisonville, about twelve miles, so this is close work for us.
Communities and areas we serve around Madisonville: Downtown Madisonville and the courthouse square, The I-45 exits and frontage, East Main Street (US 190 and Highway 21), West Main Street, May Street (Highway 75), South Madison Street (Highway 90), Woodrow Street and West Collard Street (FM 978), Midway, Bedias, Cross Roads, Cottonwood, Elwood.
Madisonville ZIP codes served: 77864.
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(979) 595-5944 Hot mix asphalt paving from the ground up for homes, ranches and businesses: the site graded for drainage, the base put down and compacted, then hot mix laid with our own LeeBoy pavers and rolled while it is hot.
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New asphalt driveways, gravel drives paved over and worn out drives replaced. We grade the site, build the base and lay hot mix with our own LeeBoy pavers.
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We build, replace and expand asphalt parking lots for businesses across the Brazos Valley. The work is planned in phases with you so the doors can stay open.
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We pave private roads, ranch roads and subdivision streets in hot mix asphalt or chip seal. The base, the crown and the ditches come first, so water leaves the road.
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Chip seal builds a tough rock surface for ranch roads, private roads and long rural driveways. We spray the emulsion, spread the rock and roll it in, course by course.
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Sealcoating for asphalt driveways and parking lots across the Brazos Valley. We blow the surface clean, fill the cracks, then put the sealer down.
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We fill asphalt cracks with hot rubber sealant on driveways, parking lots and private roads. The cracks are blown clean and dry before any sealant goes in, because that is what makes the fill hold.
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We repair potholes, sunken spots, crumbling edges and failed patches in asphalt driveways, parking lots and private roads. Bad pavement is saw cut out, the base rebuilt where it failed, then a hot mix patch is compacted in.
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We repair and maintain asphalt parking lots for businesses, churches, motels, shops and HOAs. Cracks get filled and failed spots patched, then the lot is sealcoated and restriped.
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They were professional, efficient, and delivered high-quality work. The team showed up on time, and left the area clean when they were done. You can tell they take pride in their work. Highly recommend them to anyone needing asphalt repair!
JEJ Concrete and Asphalt Recovery went above and beyond from start to finish. Professional, responsive, and they take real pride in their work. You can tell they know what they’re doing—the quality and attention to detail speaks for itself. They showed up when they said they would, got the job done efficiently, and left everything looking better than expected. It’s hard to find companies that still operate with this level of integrity and consistency. If you need concrete or asphalt work done right the first time, JEJ is the one to call. Highly recommend.
Great quality sealer jobs and customer service! Just an all around good company
If You’re needing someone to handle all of your driveways parking lots Or anything of that nature These people are here are the best of the best
Owner is respectful and polite. From the beginning to the end results we are very happy. So easy to work with and willing to adjust to changes also on time and reliable. The yard was nice and clean when they pulled out. Wow, what a difference it makes. Thanks guys!
Awesome experience. Very responsive. On time and on budget.
A few of the questions we hear most around Madisonville. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Tell us what needs paving, sealing, patching or striping, and we will come out and look at it. Call or text (979) 595-5944, or send the form with the details of the job.
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We come out, look at the site and give you a written estimate.