Concrete Sidewalks near McKendree University
McKendree University is the oldest college in Illinois, founded in 1828, and its campus sits right in the middle of Lebanon's historic downtown along St. Louis Street. It's a genuine college town — the university, the old brick-paved sections, the mature trees, and the tight residential streets where students and faculty live all run together. That means a lot of foot traffic on a lot of old sidewalks.
We install and replace concrete sidewalks and walkways throughout Lebanon and the streets around campus. On foot-traffic-heavy ground like this, a flat, safe, correctly poured walk isn't cosmetic — it's the difference between people getting where they're going and someone catching a toe on a heaved slab.
What Makes Sidewalks near Campus Different
Heavy, constant foot traffic. The blocks around McKendree see students, staff, and visitors on foot all day, every day the school's in session. A sidewalk here can't just look fine — it has to be flat and safe under real traffic, with no lifted edges or crumbling corners waiting to trip someone.
Trip hazards from old, heaved slabs. Lebanon's older walks have been in the ground for decades, and Illinois freeze-thaw has lifted and cracked them. A raised joint of even an inch is a genuine trip hazard on a busy walk. We replace the failed sections flat and level so there's no lip to catch a foot — or a rolling suitcase or a stroller.
Century-old trees and roots. The historic streets around campus are lined with big, established trees, and their roots are the number-one cause of heaved and cracked sidewalks here. We plan the base and the jointing around those roots instead of pouring as if the ground is going to stay still, so the new walk lasts.
ADA access matters here. On campus-adjacent and public-facing walks, slope, width, and smooth transitions aren't optional — they're what makes a sidewalk usable for wheelchairs, walkers, and everyone else. We pour walks and curb transitions with ADA access in mind where the site calls for it.
One Crew, Start to Finish
Because the "Truck Service" in our name is real, we own our trucks and equipment. On a Lebanon sidewalk job that means one crew handles the whole thing — breaking out the old walk, hauling it off, prepping and compacting the base around tree roots and existing grade, forming, and pouring the finish. No separate demolition company, no waiting on an outside hauler to clear the broken concrete before we start.
That control matters on the tight residential streets near campus, where staging a job between the house, the trees, and the road takes a crew that can work the whole thing itself.
Our Process
1. Free on-site estimate. We come out, look at the walk, check the base, the tree roots, the slope, and any trip hazards, and measure. You get a written price before any work starts.
2. Tear-out and haul-away. We remove the old sidewalk sections with our own crew and trucks and clear the debris.
3. Base prep and grading. We regrade and compact the base, working around roots, and set the slope for drainage and safe transitions.
4. Forming and reinforcement. Forms go in at the correct width and grade, planned for ADA access where it applies.
5. Pour and finish. We pour, finish, and set a safe broom texture, timed to the weather.
6. Curing. We tell you exactly how long to stay off it before foot traffic.
Get a Free Estimate
If you've got a cracked, heaved, or trip-hazard sidewalk near McKendree University, or you need a new walk poured flat and ADA-ready, we'll come out, look at the property, and give you a straight written price. No pressure and no obligation.
Call us at 618-280-3200 or reach out through the contact page.
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