Abstract: Disclosed is a method for constructing an asphalt-paved gutter, the gutter being of the type having a trough-shaped base and an asphalt layer defining the gutter which overlies the base. The method comprises screeding a surface with a shaping screed having the shaping profile of said trough-shaped base to form said trough-shaped base. The gutter is formed with an asphalt laydown machine, of the type used in road construction to spread asphalt over a base course and which screeds and compacts the asphalt using a floating screed, by providing a protuberance underneath the floating screed which protuberance is shaped and dimensioned to screed and compact the asphalt layer in use.