Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in St. Bernard Parish, LA

Louisiana Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in St. Bernard Parish, LA.

If you are building a driveway, setting a patio base or running a drainage line, the material you start with decides how the job holds up.

Around here that usually means 610 limestone, the dense graded base that carries everything from stone dust up to about two inches. The ground under it is coastal marsh, soft and wet, so the base layer does the work.

Materials Delivered in St. Bernard Parish

Louisiana DOTD specifies aggregate quality in Section 1003 of the Louisiana Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges. The soundness and abrasion requirements sit in Subsection 1003.01, and a source has to meet Section 1003 to be listed on the department's approved materials list.

In the trade the size designations are what a buyer actually says. 610 is the dense graded base size, and the same 610 designation covers both crushed limestone and recycled Portland cement concrete, which Louisiana permits as a Class II base course material.

Choosing the Right Material

Orleans Parish and Plaquemines Parish sit in the same ground region as St. Bernard Parish, the deltaic plain, the marsh and the Chenier coast.

That ground is organic muck and soft clay, under consolidated and highly compressible.

The only firm ground is on natural levee ridges, old distributary channels and the cheniers, the shell and sand ridges of the southwest coast. So the base or drainage choice is the same conversation in all three parishes.

Start with what the material has to do. A base course has to compact and carry load, so 610 limestone or crushed concrete fits that job.

A drainage layer has to stay open, so clean washed stone such as drain rock or #57 limestone fits that one.

Where the ground is soft, select fill raises a pad before any base goes down. Where the ground is heavy clay, top soil gives a lawn something to root in.

Ground Conditions Across St. Bernard Parish

Across the deltaic plain the water table sits at or near the surface and the ground is already saturated. Nothing here drains downward; it leaves by pump, canal or not at all.

That changes what a base has to do. A pad built on muck settles under its own weight before anything is parked on it, so select fill goes in first to raise the grade.

Erosion comes from coastal and wetland loss, storm surge, canal and bayou bank retreat, and wave action along open water. Riprap is angular stone for bank and shoreline armour, canal and bayou edges, and slope protection.

Rounded stone does not lock together, so river rock and large river rock are decorative and not bank armour. Work runs year round here, interrupted by rain and by high water rather than by cold.

Delivery Across St. Bernard Parish

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to get in and out.

Louisiana Rock Supply delivers across Chalmette, Meraux, Violet, Arabi and St. Bernard.

Order 610 limestone, washed sand, top soil or drain rock for the job you are planning.

Order Gravel, Stone and Fill for Your St. Bernard Parish Project

Louisiana Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, crushed concrete, #57 limestone, drain rock, select fill, top soil, mason sand and more across St. Bernard Parish.

For building a driveway, setting a patio base or running a drainage line, the material is a click away. Order online and pick your delivery date.