SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) item state	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) item segment state factor	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
State of incorporation			NJ
Number of states | state	22		22
Number of demographic factors | factor			3
Revenues from discontinued operations			$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Charge for litigation matter			15,300,000
Bad debt expense			$ 700,000	1,300,000	1,100,000
Number of Rabbi Trust estabished | item	2		2
Net gains (losses) of the Rabbi Trust investments			$ (4,800,000)	6,100,000	4,500,000
Unrealized net gains (losses) of the Rabbi Trusts' investments			(5,200,000)	5,300,000	4,100,000
Loss on impairments			67,900,000	4,600,000	0.0
Goodwill	$ 3,689,600,000		$ 3,689,600,000	$ 3,696,700,000	3,172,100,000
Percentage of goodwill in total assets	26.00%		26.00%	27.00%
Percentage of net property, plant & equipment in total assets	43.00%		43.00%
Number of operating segments | segment			4
Number of Reporting Units | item			17
Percentage of net other intangible assets in total assets	12.00%		12.00%
Stripping costs	$ 133,100,000		$ 133,100,000	$ 90,700,000	90,400,000
Capitalized pre-production stripping costs	100,200,000		100,200,000	95,600,000
Asset retirement obligations	311,300,000		311,300,000	315,200,000	283,200,000
Spread between the amount accrued and the maximum environmental loss	6,400,000		6,400,000
Maximum self-insurance coverage per occurrence for losses related to workers' compensation			2,000,000.0
Maximum self-insurance coverage per occurrence for automotive and general/product liability			$ 10,000,000.0
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740 - Income Taxes recognition threshold for uncertain tax positions			50.00%
Goodwill, carrying value percent, determination of impairment			100
Impairment of long-lived assets				0	0
Goodwill impairment charges			$ 50,900,000	$ 0	$ 0
Income tax benefit recognition threshold more likely than not			50.00%
Goodwill [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Number of Reporting Units | item			12
Asset Held For Sale [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Loss on impairments		$ 16,900,000
Loss from assets held for sale impairment	$ (17,400,000)
Minimum [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Goodwill, percent of exceeded carrying values	10		10
Minimum [Member] | Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated service lives			3 years
Minimum [Member] | Buildings [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated service lives			7 years
Minimum [Member] | Land Improvements [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated service lives			3 years
Maximum [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Goodwill, percent of exceeded carrying values	100		100
Maximum [Member] | Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated service lives			35 years
Maximum [Member] | Buildings [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated service lives			20 years
Maximum [Member] | Land Improvements [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated service lives			20 years
Polaris [Member] | Orca [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	88.00%		88.00%
Namgis [Member] | Orca [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	12.00%		12.00%
Concrete [Member] | New York, New Jersey And Pennsylvania [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Loss on impairments	$ 67,800,000	16,900,000
Goodwill impairment charges		50,900,000
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Asset Held For Sale [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, estimated fair value		196,900,000
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Asset Held For Sale [Member]
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, estimated fair value		$ 180,000,000.0