#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Elizabeth, NJ
Bulk #57 crushed stone delivered in Elizabeth, NJ. Stone size 3/4 - 1. Gray color.
Elizabeth sits on Newark Bay in one of the most built-up corners of New Jersey, and most #57 crushed stone delivery here goes to tight urban lots where space for staging material is limited. The stone is priced and shipped strictly by the ton, never by the cubic yard, with the rate per ton dropping as the order size climbs. What follows covers where this angular gray stone earns its keep around Elizabeth, how many tons a typical job needs, how the delivered rate is put together, and how quickly a truck can reach your address.
Where #57 Crushed Stone Earns Its Keep in Elizabeth
In a city this dense, #57 crushed stone shows up most as the compacted base under a driveway or a paver walkway, since narrow urban lots rarely have room to fix a soft subgrade after the fact. It also fills footing trenches and backfills foundation walls on rowhouse-style properties near downtown, where digging space is tight and drainage away from the foundation matters. Contractors working near the port and rail corridors on Elizabeth's industrial side use it to stabilize equipment pads and staging yards, since it compacts hard and holds up under repeated truck traffic. Smaller drainage runs behind retaining walls on sloped side lots round out the common uses around the city.
Elizabeth's Ground and Location
Elizabeth is flat and low lying along Newark Bay, with clay-heavy soil typical of northern New Jersey's built-up waterfront, ground that holds water rather than letting it soak away on its own. The city sits inside the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area, seven miles from Newark and nine from Jersey City, with New York about 12 miles off. Paterson is roughly 20 miles away and Bergen County around 21, both still an easy same-day run for a delivery truck working this part of the state.
Working Out How Many Tons to Order
#57 crushed stone is sold by the ton here, so the ton count is what you are ultimately ordering against, not a cubic yard figure. If you want to work it out yourself, start by multiplying your length and width in feet, multiply that by your depth in inches, then divide by 324 to find cubic yards, and finally scale that number by the stone's weight, close to 2,700 pounds per cubic yard, to land on tons. A small urban driveway or footing trench job in Elizabeth commonly lands somewhere between 3 and 10 tons depending on footprint. The #57 crushed stone calculator handles that math directly: enter your square footage and depth and it returns a ton figure.
How the Per Ton Rate Is Built
Three tiers set the price here. Orders of 3 to 7 tons run $212 a ton, arriving in 1 to 2 business days. Orders of 8 to 14 tons drop to $124 a ton, usually moving same day or the next business day. At 15 tons, the rate reaches its floor of $99 a ton and the delivery charge disappears entirely. Stone, gravel and topsoil around here are all ton products. Mulch is the outlier, priced instead by the cubic yard. Your final delivered number is calculated once you enter your ZIP, since local hauling distance is part of what sets the price.
Delivery and Lead Times Around Elizabeth
Lead times track the same three brackets as pricing. The smallest orders, 3 to 7 tons, are scheduled 1 to 2 business days out. Orders of 8 tons and up typically move same day or the next business day given how many delivery routes already run through this part of the metro. Full 15 ton-plus orders get priority scheduling along with the included delivery. Delivery in Elizabeth lists the current service windows for this address range.
Placing an Order for #57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Elizabeth, NJ
To order #57 crushed stone delivery in Elizabeth, NJ you will need a delivery ZIP, a ton count and a target date. Since the rate steps down at each tier, it is worth checking whether nudging a borderline order up to the next bracket actually costs less in total. The #57 Crushed Stone in New Jersey hub covers pricing for every other city served across the state. Most Elizabeth jobs, from footing trenches to full driveway bases, fall in the 3 to 10 ton range given how compact most lots here are.
About #57 Crushed Stone
#57 crushed stone is a crushed and screened gray aggregate sized to a consistent range of about three quarters to one inch. Its irregular, broken shape is what makes it different from smooth, rounded stone such as pea gravel or river rock: under compaction, those angular faces wedge against one another and stay put, which is exactly what a base layer needs to do. Weight is another defining trait, with a cubic yard running close to 2,700 pounds, heavy enough that the material is priced, loaded and delivered by the ton instead of by the yard, unlike lighter materials such as mulch. Because the pieces do not sit flush against each other, water finds its way through the gaps rather than collecting on top, something a denser material like sand cannot offer.
Those same qualities explain why it is a standard choice for driveway bases, footing trench backfill, drainage lines and retaining wall backfill on the tight, built-up lots common around Elizabeth. Contractors also use it to stabilize equipment pads and staging areas near the port and rail corridors, since it compacts firm enough to take repeated truck traffic without breaking down. The specification behind #57 stone is a national grading standard, so its size and drainage characteristics stay the same regardless of which yard supplies a particular order.
What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Elizabeth
In the Elizabeth market, #57 crushed stone is sold by the ton and priced at the gate before delivery is added on. 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. One ton covers about 80 sq ft at a 3 inch finished depth, so a 400 sq ft driveway pad runs roughly 5 tons.
How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Elizabeth
Crews working out of Elizabeth tend to call for #57 crushed stone on a few repeat jobs each week. The first is driveway gravel, typically laid on rural drives and acreage projects with a base lift compacted before the finish course goes on. The second is drainage gravel, which lands here across longer driveways and outbuilding work and usually ships as a 4 to 8 ton order. Order size in Elizabeth averages 4 to 8 tons for homeowner jobs and climbs into full-truck loads for contractor work.
Delivery day in Elizabeth
On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other Elizabeth stops, and sends a window the night before. Tandem-axle dumps need at least 12 ft of clear width and 14 ft overhead to set the bed; tri-axles need 14 ft of clearance on both counts and a level pad to tip safely. Standard lead time on this lane is 24-48h, with same-day windows held open for orders that hit the desk before 11 AM and clear payment.
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What does #57 crushed stone look like and what size is it?
It is an angular, gray aggregate screened down to roughly three quarters to one inch across. Unlike smooth, rounded stone such as pea gravel, its broken faces grip against one another once compacted, which is what lets it hold together as a base layer instead of sliding underfoot. It is a common choice for driveway bases and drainage work in dense urban settings like Elizabeth.
Is this stone priced by the ton or by the cubic yard?
By the ton, without exception. A cubic yard of #57 crushed stone weighs close to 2,700 pounds, considerably heavier than a material like mulch, and that weight is the reason pricing, delivery trucks and order minimums are all built around ton figures rather than yardage. Every Elizabeth quote starts from a ton count tied to your project's footprint.
How many tons does a typical footing trench or small driveway need in Elizabeth?
Most jobs on the compact lots common here fall somewhere between 3 and 10 tons, depending on the length, width and depth of the area being filled. A narrow footing trench needs far less than a full driveway base. Running your measurements through the calculator on this page turns them into a specific ton figure before you commit to an order.
Can #57 crushed stone handle drainage on a flat, low-lying lot?
Yes. The angular gaps between the pieces let water pass through instead of collecting on the surface, which matters on Elizabeth's flat, low-lying ground where standing water is a common complaint after heavy rain. It is a regular choice for footing trench backfill and drainage runs behind retaining walls for exactly that reason, outperforming denser materials like sand in the same spot.
How quickly does #57 crushed stone arrive once it is ordered in Elizabeth?
Timing depends on how many tons you order. Orders between 3 and 7 tons typically ship in 1 to 2 business days. Orders of 8 tons or more usually move same day or the next business day, and orders that reach 15 tons get the fastest scheduling along with no delivery charge at all.
Why is the per ton price lower on bigger orders?
Pricing runs in tiers, and the per ton rate drops as the ton count rises because a full truckload costs less to run per ton than a smaller, partial load. Reaching the 15 ton mark brings both the lowest rate available and delivery at no extra cost, so it can be worth increasing a borderline order to clear that threshold.
What other jobs is #57 crushed stone used for around Elizabeth?
Beyond driveway bases, it is commonly used for footing trench backfill, foundation drainage, retaining wall backfill and stabilizing equipment pads or staging areas near the port and rail corridors. Once compacted, its interlocking angular shape carries foot and vehicle traffic while still draining better than sand or plain soil in the same location.
Does delivery reach nearby cities like Newark or Jersey City from the same schedule?
Scheduling runs by ZIP code, and Newark, Jersey City and other nearby New York-Newark-Jersey City metro cities generally draw from the same delivery routes serving Elizabeth. The Elizabeth delivery page linked above has the specific lead times and coverage for this address, which is the more reliable reference than assuming a neighboring city's schedule applies exactly.