New pours and full replacements built for how you actually use your driveway — and built to survive Missouri's freeze-thaw winters. Free written estimates, real local crews.
Your driveway takes more abuse than almost any other slab on your property — daily vehicle weight, de-icing salt, and Cape County's freeze-thaw cycle every winter. Here's how we build ones that last.
If you're building new construction or adding a driveway where none exists, we handle grading, forming, and the full pour from scratch. Most of our Cape Girardeau work, though, is replacement: tearing out an old cracked or heaved driveway, correcting the base underneath it, and pouring new. Replacement is almost always the better long-term move over patching — a patched driveway with a failed base will crack again within a few years.
For replacements, we break up and haul off the existing slab, then inspect and correct the subgrade. This is the step most driveway problems trace back to: if the base isn't properly excavated, compacted, and drained, no amount of concrete thickness fixes it. In Cape County's clay-heavy soil, this step matters more than almost anywhere else in Missouri — see our soil and base prep guide for why.
Every driveway we pour uses air-entrained concrete rated for freeze-thaw exposure, at a minimum 4-inch thickness with wire mesh or rebar. Heavier vehicles — work trucks, RVs, trailers — get 5–6 inches with rebar reinforcement. We also cut control joints at proper spacing to control where the slab cracks, rather than leaving it to chance. For more on why this matters, read why concrete cracks in Missouri.
| Driveway Type | Cost per Sq Ft | Typical Total (600 sq ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Standard broom finish | $8 – $12 | $4,800 – $7,200 |
| Heavy-duty (5–6″, rebar) | $10 – $14 | $6,000 – $8,400 |
| Stamped / decorative | $14 – $22 | $8,400 – $13,200 |
| Exposed aggregate | $12 – $18 | $7,200 – $10,800 |
Tear-out of an existing driveway adds roughly $2–$4 per square foot. See our full driveway cost guide for a deeper breakdown, or call (314) 530-3734 for a free written estimate on your specific project.
Written quote, no obligation — we'll walk the site with you.
Most driveway replacements take 2–4 days: one day for tear-out and base prep, one day to form and pour, and additional time for finishing and joint cutting. Plan on keeping vehicles off the new slab for about a week.
Driveways that connect to a public street typically need a right-of-way permit from the City of Cape Girardeau or Jackson. We pull permits as part of the job — see our full permit guide.