#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Bellevue, WA

Bellevue sits on the hilly Eastside terrain across Lake Washington from Seattle, and #57 crushed stone delivery in Bellevue, WA is how local contractors put a firm base under driveways, drainage trenches and retaining walls cut into those slopes. The stone ships from the nearest yard and prices out by the ton, with the rate falling as the order size grows. What follows covers where this angular gray stone gets used locally, how many tons a typical job takes, what the delivered rate looks like, and how fast an order actually arrives.

Bellevue's Eastside Terrain and Soil

is built to handle. Its broken, angular faces lock together under a plate compactor instead of sliding past each other the way smooth pea gravel does, so it holds its shape as a base layer even on a sloped lot. Redmond and Kent, both a short drive off, share much of the same glacial soil pattern, but Bellevue's steeper grades make a stable base layer more important than in flatter parts of the Eastside.

Where Bellevue Properties Use #57 Crushed Stone

Around Bellevue, this stone goes down most often as the compacted base under a paver or gravel driveway, since the region's clay-heavy subsoil needs a firm layer before pavers or asphalt go on top. It lines French drains and footing trenches on lots where water collects after a long rainy stretch, and it backfills retaining walls on the steeper streets east of downtown, where a wall has to drain instead of holding pressure against the soil behind it. Some Eastside properties also use it as exposed surface stone for equipment pads and gravel parking areas near office buildings, where a hard, well draining surface matters more than a soft walking texture.

Figuring Out How Many Tons to Order

#57 crushed stone is priced and delivered by the ton, so plan the job in tons rather than cubic yards from the start. A cubic yard of this stone weighs close to 2,700 pounds, which works out to roughly 120 square feet of coverage at 2 inches deep and about 60 square feet at 4 inches, figured per ton. A typical Bellevue driveway base, say 12 feet wide by 50 feet long at 4 inches deep, lands close to 10 tons once the math is done. Rather than work that out by hand, run your square footage and depth through the #57 crushed stone calculator and it will return a ton figure ready to order against.

Pricing by the Ton in Bellevue

Pricing breaks into three tiers, all figured by the ton. Order 3 tons or more and the rate lands at $211 a ton, arriving in 1 to 2 business days. Step up to 8 tons or more and the rate drops to $123 a ton, usually with same day or next day delivery. Cross the 15 ton mark and delivery stops costing anything extra, which is the tier most driveway and drainage jobs in Bellevue land in anyway, with the rate settling at $98 a ton. The exact delivered price still depends on the ZIP entered at checkout, since local hauling distance factors into the final number.

Delivery Windows for Bellevue Orders

Delivery timing in Bellevue follows the same three tiers as pricing. Most 3 to 7 ton orders to Bellevue ship within 1 to 2 business days. Orders between 8 and 14 tons often move same day or the next business day depending on the route. Full loads of 15 tons or more get scheduling priority along with the free delivery rate. Delivery in Bellevue has the current service area and scheduling detail specific to this city, including what to expect if your address sits on one of the steeper hillside streets.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Bellevue

Ordering #57 crushed stone delivery in Bellevue takes a ZIP code, a ton count and a date. Picking the tier that fits the job usually pays off, since rounding up to the next threshold, from 7 tons to 8 or from 14 to 15, often lowers the total cost even though the order is larger. For rates in other Washington cities, the #57 Crushed Stone in Washington hub lists every city currently served in the state. Most residential orders on the Eastside land in the 8 to 15 ton range, whether the stone is headed under a driveway or into a drainage trench behind a retaining wall.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is an angular gray aggregate, crushed from quarried rock and screened to a consistent size of about three quarters to one inch. Its broken, jagged faces set it apart from naturally rounded materials like pea gravel or river rock: those sharp edges catch against each other under a plate compactor, letting the stone lock into a stable base layer instead of shifting underfoot the way rounded gravel does. A cubic yard of this stone weighs close to 2,700 pounds, considerably heavier than lighter landscape materials such as mulch, which is the reason it prices and delivers by the ton instead of the cubic yard.

Because the pieces are angular rather than round, water moves through the gaps between them instead of pooling on the surface, giving the stone strong drainage characteristics for a material that also compacts firm enough to carry vehicle weight. Suppliers across the country grade #57 stone to the same specification, so a ton ordered in one city performs the same way as a ton ordered anywhere else. That consistency is why it shows up equally often as invisible base material under a driveway and as exposed surface stone in a parking pad or equipment yard, doing two very different jobs with the same set of specs.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Bellevue

Local Bellevue yards quote #57 crushed stone by the ton; the delivered number includes fuel, the truck, and the haul. Send your ZIP and load size and we will send back a same-hour quote with the truck rate and the per-ton figure spelled out. A ton of this material spreads across about 80 sq ft when laid 3 inches deep, useful when you are sizing a patio base or a walkway run.

How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Bellevue

In and around Bellevue, #57 crushed stone shows up most often on two project types. The most common deployment is driveway gravel, often in tight urban lots and infill builds in two to three inch lifts. Second on the list is drainage gravel, which we see in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short on partial-truck deliveries. At roughly 154,377 people, the Bellevue order mix leans toward 3 to 8 ton residential drops with the occasional 16 ton job for a contractor.

Delivery day in Bellevue

A typical Bellevue drop is dispatched from the closest yard with a two hour window and a heads-up call once the truck is loaded. Tandem trucks want a 12 ft lane in and out; tri-axles need 14 ft, and both want firm ground at the tipping spot so the load releases cleanly. Standard lead time on this lane is Mon-Sat, with same-day windows held open for orders that hit the desk before 11 AM and clear payment.

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