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Schedule of Acquired Intangibles (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Acquisition Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Acquired intangibles subject to amortization $ 524,870us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life 81 years 8 months 12 days
Acquired intangibles not subject to amortization 34,407us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired
Acquired Intangibles, total 559,277mlm_AcquiredFiniteAndIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetAmount
Customer Relationships  
Acquisition Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Acquired intangibles subject to amortization 20,150us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life 12 years
Operating Permits  
Acquisition Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Acquired intangibles subject to amortization 487,100us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= mlm_OperatingPermitsMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life 87 years 3 months 18 days
Use Rights And Other  
Acquisition Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Acquired intangibles subject to amortization 4,820us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= mlm_UseRightsAndOtherMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life 8 years 2 months 12 days
Trade names  
Acquisition Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Acquired intangibles subject to amortization 12,800us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life 6 years
Acquired intangibles not subject to amortization 14,380us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Use Rights  
Acquisition Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Acquired intangibles not subject to amortization $ 20,027us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember