#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Anchorage, AK

If you are searching for #57 crushed stone delivery in Anchorage, AK, you are probably planning a drain, a driveway top-up or a base for something heavy. This page covers how the stone is sold, what it does well on Anchorage lots, and how to work out a load before you order.

Why #57 Crushed Stone Works on Anchorage Lots

Anchorage sits on ground that freezes hard and then turns soft in spring, and a lot of yards here deal with meltwater for weeks. Open-graded #57 stone has big gaps between the pieces, so water drops straight through instead of sitting on top. That makes it a sensible choice wherever thawing ground needs somewhere to send the water.

The stone is gray, angular and sized from 3/4 to 1 inch. It is sold by the ton, and the weight of one cubic yard is about 2,700 pounds.

Best Uses Around Anchorage

• French drains and footing drains: wrap perforated pipe in fabric and surround it with stone so water finds the pipe quickly.
• Driveway and parking pads: a deep layer of angular stone stays put under tires better than rounded rock does.
• Base for slabs, sheds and pavers: it spreads the weight and keeps frost-driven moisture from collecting under the structure.
• Backfill behind retaining walls: the open voids relieve water pressure that would otherwise push on the wall.
• Landscape beds and dry creek channels: the bright gray color reads clean against dark soil.

Planting beds often pair stone borders with organic cover, and the neighboring page for Mulch covers that side. If you are building up a lawn or garden area beside a stone path, Premium Screened Topsoil is the material that fills the planting side.

#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Anchorage, AK

Orders for this stone are delivered to your address. Full details on routes and coverage sit on the page for delivery in Anchorage.

Think about where the truck will stop before you check out. Stone arrives as a single pile, so choose a spot with firm footing, clear overhead space and a straight path to where you will use it. A tarp under the pile keeps the stone out of your lawn and makes the last shovelfuls easy to collect. Plan around the delivery details given at checkout instead of assuming a day.

How Much #57 Stone to Order

Start with the area. Measure the length and width of the space in feet, decide on a depth in inches, and multiply length by width by depth. Divide by 324 to get cubic yards. Then convert to tons: with this stone, multiply the cubic yards by about 1.35.

A worked example for a 12 by 30 foot driveway section topped with 3 inches of stone: 12 x 30 x 3 = 1,080, divided by 324 gives a little over 3.3 cubic yards, or about 4.5 tons. Round up a little, because ruts and uneven subgrade swallow more stone than a tape measure predicts.

For drains, the trench is usually narrow and deep, so multiply the trench length by its width and depth instead of using a thin surface layer. The calculator does the conversion for you and gives a ton figure you can enter straight into the order. The smallest order is 2 tons, which covers a small walkway or a short drain run.

Pricing Notes

This material is priced per ton and the quote is built around your ZIP, so two neighbors on different sides of town may see different totals. If your project is close to a break point, check whether a slightly larger load brings the rate per ton down before settling on the smaller one.

Ordering

Set the number of tons on the product page and add it to your cart. Anyone covering a larger job across a state can also browse the hub for #57 Crushed Stone in Alaska to see the material at the state level.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is a gray aggregate made of angular pieces sized from about 3/4 inch to 1 inch. Because the pieces have fractured faces, they lock together once they are spread and tamped, which gives a firm surface that still lets water pass through.

A cubic yard weighs roughly 2,700 pounds, so a ton covers a little under three-quarters of a cubic yard. Contractors use it as drainage rock behind retaining walls and around perforated pipe, as a base under concrete slabs and pavers, and as a clean, bright cover for driveways and paths. Homeowners like it for French drains and for filling the low spot that keeps holding water.

The stone is sold by the ton here. It has no fine dust to speak of, so it does not pack into a mud layer, and it is easy to rake level by hand. If you need something rounder and gentler underfoot, look at pea gravel instead.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Anchorage

Around Anchorage, #57 crushed stone is quoted by the ton with delivery layered in based on distance from the closest yard. 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. Plan on roughly 80 sq ft of coverage per ton at 3 inches deep, which puts a single-car driveway in the 4 to 8 ton bracket.

How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Anchorage

Anchorage contractors keep #57 crushed stone on the order sheet for a short list of standard installs. Top of the list is driveway gravel, where the material is rolled out in tight urban lots and infill builds and screeded to grade. Right behind that is drainage gravel, common in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short and often paired with edging or fabric below the lift. Anchorage sits at about 291,000 residents, which means we see steady weekday traffic from landscape crews and weekend pickups from owner-builders.

Delivery day in Anchorage

Delivery in Anchorage runs out of the nearest pit; you get a two hour arrival window the evening prior and a call when the driver leaves the scale. Plan for 12 ft of clear path for a tandem and 14 ft for a tri-axle, plus a level area at the dump point so the bed lifts straight. 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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