Concrete Sidewalks & Walkways
We lay out the path the way you actually walk it, build a real stone base, and pour the walkway flat so water sheds off instead of icing over. Straight front runs or curves bent by hand, all over the Lehigh Valley.
Walkways That Follow Your Yard
A good walkway disappears. You stop noticing it because it sits level, drains clean, and never catches a toe. The bad ones announce themselves with a heaved slab, a puddle that freezes, or a crack that splits the path in two.
Murray General Contracting pours concrete sidewalks and walkways across the Lehigh Valley, from front entries in Allentown and Bethlehem to garden paths in Easton and out around Breinigsville. We lay out the route, dig and compact a stone base, set the forms (straight or curved), and pour the run flat with a broom finish so it holds grip in rain, snow, and ice.
You get one local crew from the first measurement to the final walkthrough, and a free estimate within 48 hours of sending us the details.
How We Pour A Walkway
We trace the route on the ground first, straight or curved, and set the width to how you actually move from the driveway or street to the door.
We cut the path to depth, fix the grade so water runs off to one side, and compact a stone base that keeps the walkway from settling or pumping.
Straight forms square the edges. For a radius we bend flexible forms by hand so the curve reads smooth instead of faceted, then set the pitch.
One pour, screeded flat and edged clean, with a broom finish across the surface so feet keep traction when the path is wet or iced.
We cut control joints down the run so it cracks where we plan, then walk the finished path with you before we leave the site clean.
Why It Lasts
We shape a radius with flexible forms on site, so a garden path or front walk can sweep around a bed or a tree instead of cutting a hard corner.
We set a slight cross-pitch so rain and snowmelt run off the slab to the side. Water that cannot sit on the path cannot freeze into a slick spot.
Joints are spaced and tooled so panels stay flush. A walkway should never have an edge that snags a shoe or a stroller wheel.
Public sidewalks and ramps get the width, slope, and detectable warnings your township or accessibility rules call for, poured right the first time.
Walkway Work We Do
A walkway rarely stands alone. We can tie it straight into your front steps and porch where it meets the door, run it back to a new patio, or meet it to a fresh driveway at the curb while the crew is already on site.
Did a fantastic job. Fast. Trustworthy. Honest. On time. Everything you want in a contractor.Jeffrey Ulle, Google review
Walkway Questions
Yes. We bend flexible forms to lay out a radius by hand, so the walkway follows the curve you want instead of a stiff straight line. On our Backyard Oasis project we hand-curved a radius walkway that wrapped past a pond, and we use the same method for garden paths and front entries.
A main front walkway usually works best at about 4 feet wide so two people can pass side by side. Garden and side paths can run narrower, around 3 feet. We measure your entry and the way you actually walk it before we set the forms.
A walkway inside your own yard usually does not, but a public sidewalk in the right-of-way often falls under township or borough code and may need a permit and a specific width, slope, and joint pattern. We pour to those standards and will tell you what your municipality requires before we start.
Yes. When a slab has heaved at a joint or cracked into an uneven lip, we remove the failed sections, fix what pushed them up, such as a root or a washed-out base, and pour level replacement panels that sit flush. That clears the trip hazard and any code citation tied to it.
Yes. For walkways and sidewalks that need to meet accessibility rules we pour ramps at the required slope, hold the cross-slope flat, and set detectable warning panels where the path meets a curb or crossing. We build the run so a wheelchair or stroller moves through it without a lip.
All concrete moves with freeze and thaw, so we cut control joints along the run to give it planned places to crack instead of random ones. A compacted stone base and a walkway poured to shed water keep heaving and surface cracking to a minimum through the season.
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