Bulk Gravel Delivery to Alton, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Alton, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors working a schedule and homeowners finishing one project. Both usually need the same base material, CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone that Illinois specifies as its road base.

Alton sits on the Mississippi in Madison County, where deep loess covers older drift on rolling uplands and steep bluffs. That ground shapes what you order.

Ground and Conditions in Alton

Loess sheds water fast on a slope and holds it in the flats, so a thin base course fails in two directions at once. On a grade it washes out and ruts.

On level ground the same layer pumps and sinks under a truck tire.

The fix is a base that carries load and drains, not just a surface that looks finished. CA-6 works because the fines stay in the mix and bind the stone together under compaction.

Where water has to move instead of being held, you switch to a clean washed stone.

Work across this part of Illinois runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Bottomland sites sit out spring high water, and frost still lifts drives and walks each spring.

Materials for Alton Projects

Fines and screenings do the detail work on paths and walkways, and they are the difference between a walk that stays firm and one that scatters. Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois under pavers and flagstone and around pipe.

For paths and garden walks that need a finer, walkable surface, Walkway Gravel is the surface material rather than the base. Rounded stone behaves differently again: 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel sits well on walkways and play areas, and River Gravel is for beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Under all of it, CA-6 is the compacted base for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where drainage has to be open rather than bound, CA-7 is the washed clean stone for pipe bedding, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork. 3/4" Crushed Stone, known locally as CA-11, covers the same bedding and concrete work at 3/4 inch.

For permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks, CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch material. Concrete and leveling call for Washed Sand, which Illinois yards sell as torpedo sand, while Mason Sand goes into mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

Delivery to Alton and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout. Choose the quantity, then pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Madison County, including Granite City, Edwardsville, Collinsville, Godfrey and Glen Carbon. Have your site reachable by a dump truck and clear of overhead lines.

Order Your Alton Aggregate by the Ton or Yard

Weigh the material against the job before you commit. Fines and screenings suit paths and bedding, CA-6 suits anything that takes a tire, and washed stone belongs where water has to move.

Size the load with the calculator on the product page, choose a delivery date, and place your order online.