A new bridge is open in the western suburbs just in time for Labor Day weekend travel.
ABC7 Chicago Digital TeamThe Longmeadow Parkway Bridge over the Fox River, between Huntley Road and Route 62 in Kane County, opened in time for Labor Day weekend.
Local and state leaders gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday for a Kane County bridge that's been in the works for decades.The more than 5-and-a-half-mile corridor goes from Huntley Road to Route 62.The project, which used federal, state and local funds, cost $204 million.Gov. Pritzker spoke Thursday at a ribbon cutting for the new Longmeadow Parkway Bridge.
"Since my first day in office, rebuilding our infrastructure has been among my top priorities," Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement. "With the completion of work on the Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor, we are not only modernizing a key stretch of roadway to improve the safety capacity, and efficiency of this corridor, we are saving Illinoisans time and money.
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