Our driveway was in bad condition, cracked and uneven. It was 25+ years old and past time for a new one. Last week that’s exactly what happened!
Many large trucks and a small army of men turned up to work. They started by removing the old asphalt with a bulldozer:
Then dumping the gravel substrate:
Which was flattened by a roller:
Then came the new asphalt, edges first:
Then the main portion layed down by a machine:
And flattened again with a different roller:
Lastly a final liquid asphalt coat:
And after a total of about 2.5 hours, it was done:
We haven’t used it yet since it’s halfway through a weeklong drying/setting process, but it looks good 
It was hellishly expensive, but what home improvement job isn’t? It should last longer than we are in this house though, and what more could we ask!