Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor Wins Top Engineering Award

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Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor Wins Top Engineering Award

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC Illinois) has honored the state's most outstanding engineering achievements of 2025 at its annual Engineering Excellence Awards. These awards celebrate projects that demonstrate innovation, complexity, exceptional design, and economic impact.

This year's highest honor, the Lincoln Grand Conceptor Award, was awarded to the Kane County Division of Transportation and its lead consulting firm for their work on the Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor.

About the Longmeadow Parkway Project:

• $200 million infrastructure investment in Kane County, IL.
• 5.6-mile, four-lane highway with a 788-foot bridge over the Fox River.
• Provides a vital multi-modal connection for the growing communities in western metropolitan Chicago.
• One of the largest infrastructure projects in Kane County history, requiring over a decade of planning and collaboration with multiple communities and agencies.
• The award also recognized the important work of the following firms: CMT, HLR, TEG, BLA, Burns & McDonnell, V3, Civiltech, Alfred Benesch, Clark Dietz, GZA.​

This recognition highlights the project's impact on regional connectivity and its role in enhancing transportation across Kane County.

For more project information or details about the role and responsiblities of the Kane County Division of Transportation go to 

https://kdot.kanecountyil.gov/Pages/Default.aspx​