SEGMENT REPORTING (Narrative) (Details)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) segment state mi	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Revenues	[1]	$ 7,315,200,000	$ 5,552,200,000	$ 4,856,800,000
Number of operating segments | segment		4
Number of reportable segments | segment		4
Radius for Delivering Product Maximum | mi		25
Radius for Delivering Product Minimum | mi		20
Concrete [Member]
Revenues	[1]	$ 1,593,900,000	766,800,000	383,600,000
Percentage of product weight attributable to Aggregates		80.00%
Number of states in which segments serve | state		5
Aggregates [Member]
Revenues	[1]	$ 4,723,300,000	4,000,700,000	3,672,900,000
Equity method investments		$ 26,500,000	26,500,000	26,500,000
Number of states in which segments serve | state		22
Number of additional states served | state		12
Asphalt [Member]
Revenues	[1]	$ 990,200,000	777,800,000	792,600,000
Percentage of product weight attributable to Aggregates		95.00%
Number of states in which segments serve | state		6
Asphalt [Member] | Asphalt Construction Paving [Member]
Number of states in which segments serve | state		3
United States [Member]
Revenues		$ 7,263,900,000	5,532,000,000.0	4,845,900,000
Nondomestic [Member]
Long-lived assets		534,200,000	459,500,000	261,600,000
Nondomestic [Member] | Aggregates [Member]
Revenues		51,300,000	20,200,000	11,000,000.0
Nondomestic [Member] | Asphalt, Concrete And Calcium [Member]
Revenues		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
U.S. Concrete [Member]
Number of additional states served | state		2

[1] ¹ The geographic markets are defined by states as follows: East market — Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Gulf Coast market — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Freeport (Bahamas), Puerto Cortés (Honduras) and Quintana Roo (Mexico) West market — Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico and British Columbia (Canada)