Asphalt Paving and Repair in the Highlands, Denver
Asphalt Denver paves and repairs driveways, alley aprons and small business lots across the Highlands, from the brick bungalows around 32nd and Lowell to the older frame houses below Federal. Most work here is narrow, alley-loaded and tight on access. Free written estimates across Denver and the surrounding metro area.
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The Highlands sit on higher ground northwest of downtown, across the South Platte from LoDo. Paving work here is residential and small in footprint: a single-width driveway off the alley, a garage apron that has sunk, a shared drive between two units. Very little of it runs straight in from the street.
The street grid dictates how the job goes. Trucks stage on 32nd, 38th or Federal and material moves into the alley in small loads. Crews cut, patch and compact in sections so a neighbor keeps garage access while the mix cools.
Asphalt work in Highlands
Highland proper runs from West 38th Avenue down to Speer Boulevard, with Federal Boulevard on the west and the rail line and South Platte on the east. West Highland picks up west of Federal across to Sheridan, between 29th and 38th. Two retail strips carry the commercial frontage: Highlands Square at 32nd and Lowell, and Tennyson Street between 38th and 44th over in Berkeley. The storefronts on both were built out to the sidewalk, so their parking sits behind the buildings and is reached off the alley.
Housing runs from the late 1800s to the 1920s: brick bungalows, Denver Squares, Victorian cottages and duplexes, with the Potter Highlands and Highland Park historic districts covering part of the older core. Lots are narrow and almost all of them are alley-loaded, so a driveway is usually a short apron from the alley to a detached garage rather than a run down the side of the house. Newer duplexes built on scraped lots keep the same pattern with a wider shared apron.
Denver's paved public alleys are city right-of-way and the city's transportation department maintains them. What stops at the property line is yours: the apron between the alley and the garage slab, the parking pad, the shared drive on a duplex lot. Anything touching the right-of-way, including a new curb cut or a rebuilt apron across the sidewalk, needs a permit from Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure before it goes in.
Common jobs around Highlands
- Single-width alley aprons and garage pads on the narrow lots between 32nd and 38th
- Removing and replacing failed driveways on scrape-off duplexes and townhome pairs
- Crack sealing and sealcoating drives that have gone grey and open after a few Denver winters
- Patching the settled strip where a utility cut was backfilled behind the Highlands Square storefronts
- Small rear lots and staff parking behind the 32nd Avenue and Tennyson Street shops, including layout and striping
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Asphalt in Highlands: common questions
My alley is full of potholes. Will you fix it?
If it is a paved public alley, it is city right-of-way and Denver's transportation department handles it. Report it through the city's 311 service. We work the private side of that line: the apron from the alley to your garage, the parking pad, and shared drives on duplex lots.
Can a paving crew get into a Highlands alley?
Usually. The alleys behind 32nd and 38th are narrow and some carry low utility lines, so we walk the access before quoting and bring smaller equipment where a full-size truck cannot turn. Work is staged in sections so your neighbors keep garage access while the surface cools.
Do I need a permit for a new driveway here?
For anything crossing the public right-of-way, yes. Denver's code requires a permit from the transportation department before a driveway, curb cut or apron in the right-of-way is built, rebuilt or repaired. Work entirely on your own ground, such as a rear parking pad, normally does not. We check before quoting.
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