REVENUES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

REVENUES [Abstract]

Revenues by Geographic Market

	For the Year Ended December 31, 2018
in thousands	Aggregates	Asphalt	Concrete	Calcium	Total
Total Revenues by Geographic Market 1
East	$  1,109,489	$     156,591	$     257,250	$                0	$    1,523,330
Gulf Coast	1,821,853	131,745	71,739	8,110	2,033,447
West	582,307	444,846	73,010	0	1,100,163
Segment sales	$  3,513,649	$     733,182	$     401,999	$         8,110	$    4,656,940
Intersegment sales	(274,071)	0	0	0	(274,071)
Total revenues	$  3,239,578	$     733,182	$     401,999	$         8,110	$    4,382,869

	For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
in thousands	Aggregates	Asphalt	Concrete	Calcium	Total
Total Revenues by Geographic Market 1
East	$  1,045,682	$     112,673	$     244,568	$                0	$    1,402,923
Gulf Coast	1,512,505	80,311	102,716	7,740	1,703,272
West	537,907	429,090	70,461	0	1,037,458
Segment sales	$  3,096,094	$     622,074	$     417,745	$         7,740	$    4,143,653
Intersegment sales	(253,357)	0	0	0	(253,357)
Total revenues	$  2,842,737	$     622,074	$     417,745	$         7,740	$    3,890,296

	For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
in thousands	Aggregates	Asphalt	Concrete	Calcium	Total
Total Revenues by Geographic Market 1
East	$     994,559	$                0	$     203,734	$                0	$    1,198,293
Gulf Coast	1,497,762	102,035	99,253	8,860	1,707,910
West	469,514	410,275	27,138	0	906,927
Segment sales	$  2,961,835	$     512,310	$     330,125	$         8,860	$    3,813,130
Intersegment sales	(220,463)	0	0	0	(220,463)
Total revenues	$  2,741,372	$     512,310	$     330,125	$         8,860	$    3,592,667

1	The geographic markets are defined by states/countries as follows:
		East market — Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Gulf Coast market — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mexico, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and the Bahamas West market — Arizona, California and New Mexico

Freight & Delivery Revenues

in thousands	2018	2017	2016
Freight & Delivery Revenues
Total revenues	$  4,382,869	$  3,890,296	$  3,592,667
Freight & delivery revenues 1	(641,815)	(528,916)	(535,929)
Total revenues excluding freight & delivery	$  3,741,054	$  3,361,380	$  3,056,738

1 Includes freight & delivery to remote distribution sites.

Reconciliation of Deferred Revenue Balances

in thousands	2018	2017	2016
Deferred Revenue
Balance at beginning of year	$      199,556	$     206,468	$     214,060
Revenue recognized from deferred revenue	(6,773)	(6,912)	(7,592)
Balance at end of year	$      192,783	$     199,556	$     206,468