Lime Screenings for Pathways in Cairo, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Cairo, IL online, by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips it on your site. Illinois Rock Supply sells CA-6, road base, washed stone, sand and soil to homes and crews across Alexander County.

Cairo sits on low river ground, so what you put down matters as much as how much. Start with the right material and the load lands where it needs to be.

Ground and Conditions in Cairo

This is flat bottomland at the meeting of two big rivers, deep in silt, sand and clay. The water table sits high under most of it, and heavy rain has nowhere to go.

A thin base fails first here. Soft silty ground flexes under a load, and water that cannot drain takes the fines out from underneath.

Across the Cairo lowland and the southern river bottoms, the ground stays wet and the rivers set the calendar. Spring high water can shut a bottomland site for weeks, so plan around the stage, not the forecast.

Winters here are the mildest in Illinois. Ground rarely stays frozen long, and the frost depth for footings is set by the local building department, not by the yard.

The fix is a clean, open drainage layer under anything that has to shed water, plus enough compacted base to bridge the soft spots. Riprap armors the places where runoff concentrates and banks scour.

Materials for Cairo Projects

Fines and screenings carry paths and walkways here. They bind underfoot, they pack without washing out, and they leave a surface you can walk in street shoes.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer for pavers and flagstone in Illinois. They also surface garden walks and backfill around pipe.

Walkway Gravel gives paths and garden walks a finer, walkable finish. Pair it with screenings where you want a firm edge and a tidy top.

CA-6, also called CA6 or road base, is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

See CA-6.

Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

For drainage, CA-7 and CA-11 are the washed clean stone with no fines: 1 inch and 3/4 inch sizes for bedding under pipe, French drains and concrete flatwork.

See CA-7 and 3/4" Crushed Stone.

Delivery to Cairo and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, whichever suits the material. Each product page carries a calculator so you can size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the whole load in one pile on your site, and that is the entire drop.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Cairo and the rest of Alexander County, including Olive Branch, Tamms, Thebes, McClure and Miller City. Have the pile spot clear and reachable by a truck before the date arrives.

Order Cairo Aggregate by the Ton or Yard

Size your load on the product page calculator, or order by the ton or yard if you already know the figure. Choose a delivery date at checkout and Illinois Rock Supply tips it on site.

Order lime screenings, CA-6 or washed stone for your Cairo project online.