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How much does asphalt cost?

Asked by JLeslie (65903points) February 8th, 2015 from iPhone

And, can it be laud down right on top of the ground? Or, will I need to put some sort of something below it?

I want to do about a mile of track. I guess about 16 ft wide? It will be Karts, like go-karts and faster karts, and maybe motorcycles too. Nothing very heavy.

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In my neighborhood, mid Atlantic USA, figure $5.00 per square foot. So figure something NORTH of $400,000. Maybe a half a million dollars with prep and engineering the curves

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JLeslie's avatar

$400k? Holy crap that is 3 times what I thought it would be.

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elbanditoroso's avatar

You have to put underlayment (paving sand) down before the asphalt or it will crack in a matter of months. You also need to prepare the surface (really really flat) well.

The other thing – you need to get the proper asphalt mix for the weather. Cold weather asphalt is different from asphalt put down in warm weather.

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CWOTUS's avatar

You can do your own estimating right here. (In Nashville, for example, the per-square-foot cost is closer to $2.00.)

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