Winners 2025
The winners of the 2025 Footbridge Awards were revealed during the triennial international footbridge conference that took place in September 2025 in Chur, Switzerland.
A digital version of the awards brochure containing details of all the winners and highly-commended entries is available by clicking here.
Short span (30m or less)
Joint Winner: Bracklinn Falls Footbridge, Scotland
“An efficient and elegant solution focusing on construction and assembly for an inaccessible site. A robust and bold expression of the traditional ‘half-through beam’ structure, harmoniously integrated with its surroundings.”
Commissioning Authority: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority
Principal Designer: Cake Engineering
Architect: Beam Architects
Principal Contractor: Cake Industries
Other key firms: Big Cat Contracts (installation contractor), Format Structural Engineers (independent check), Aecom (client's technical advisor)
Short span (30m or less)
Joint Winner: Rathaus Bridge Tuttlingen, Germany
“Pared back aesthetic and lean engineering, utilising materials efficiently. There is an elegant clarity in the expression of each structural component. The overall structure itself is highly refined and sophisticated. Tour de force of engineering and craftmanship combined with eco-awareness.”
Commissioning Authority: Town of Tuttlingen
Principal Designer: schlaich bergermann partner
Architect/Structural Engineer: schlaich bergermann partner
Principal Contractor: Schleith Baugesellschaft
Other key firms: Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Gesellschaft von Architekten
Medium span (30m-60m)
Winner: Williams Crossing, USA
“A remarkable synthesis of site, engineering, and architecture. Exceptionally slender design. The detailing, particularly at the top of the pier is impressive. Truly stunning.”
Commissioning Authority: City of Tulsa / Gathering Place
Principal Designer: schlaich bergermann partner
Architect/Structural Engineer: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (landscape architects) / schlaich bergermann partner
Principal Contractor: Crossland Construction Company
Other key firms: Hillsdale Fabricators
Long span (greater than 60m)
Winner: Durumi Footbridge, South Korea
“Spectacular: an exhilarating experience. Robust expressive detailing. Tunnel effect adds sense of enclosure and user comfort. High mark for inventiveness and engineering. Wow factor, brave.”
Commissioning Authority: Cheorwon County
Principal Designer: Kyungwon Engineering
Architect/Structural Engineer: Sejong Structural Design
Principal Contractor: Cospi
Other key firms: Fatzer (cable manufacturer)
Long span – highly commended
Annie Vande Wiele Bridge, Belgium
Commissioning Authority: City of Ghent and Province of East-Flanders
Principal Designer: Ney & Partners
Architect/Structural Engineer: Ney & Partners
Contractors: THV Artes / Depret, Denys, Aelterman
Other key firms: EER Lighting Design (light design), Omgeving (landscape design)
Moveable bridges
Winner: Salangaan Bridge, Belgium
“Synthesis of crisp, angular geometry and simple but expressive detailing. Overcomes the design constraints imposed by the site and the high clearance required efficiently.”
Commissioning Authority: De Vlaamse Waterweg
Principal Designer: Ney & Partners
Architect/Structural Engineer: Ney & Partners
Contractors: THV Ney & Partners, Artes Rogiers, De Meyer (mechanics)
Other key firms: CSM (steel subcontractor)
New life (renovation, refurbishment, reuse or retrofit bridge project for the primary benefit of pedestrians, cyclists and/or equestrians)
Winner: Umtanum Suspension Bridge Rehabilitation, USA
“This project entails a thoughtful and innovative renovation of a distinguished historic structure. It preserves the fundamental character of the former bridge while revitalising it for future use.”
Commissioning Authority: US Bureau of Land Management
Principal Designer: HDR
Architect/Structural Engineer: HDR
Principal Contractor: Rickabaugh Construction
New life – highly commended
Cambus O'May Suspension Footbridge, Scotland
Commissioning Authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Principal Contractor: Moray Blast
Jonathan Speirs Lighting Award (created in memory of Jonathan Speirs of Speirs & Major)
Winner: Boorloo Bridge - Causeway Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridges project, Australia
“The lighting expresses joie de vivre. Striking amount of innovation.”
Commissioning Authority: Main Roads Western Australia
Lighting Designer: Signify
Principal Designer: WSP
Architect/Structural Engineer: Dissing + Weitling
Principal Contractor: Civmec
Other key firms: Seymour Whyte (contractor partner of the alliance), Freyssinet (stay cable system provider), Ramus (lighting content designer)
Jonathan Speirs Lighting Award - highly commended
Silver Arrow, Germany
Commissioning Authority: Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband
Lighting Designer: DKFS
Principal Designer: DKFS with Schüßler-Plan
Architect/Structural Engineer: DKFS with Schüßler-Plan
Principal Contractor: MCE
Sustainability (innovation in the reduction of embodied carbon in footbridge design and construction)
Winner: Immutable Crossing of the Loire River’s Parallel Canal, France
“The bridge represents a harmonious blend of traditional craftsmanship and advanced modern technology. This precisely crafted timber structure offers a unique and sophisticated aesthetic that appears fresh and distinctive to contemporary eyes.”
Commissioning Authority: Communauté de Commune Loire et Allier
Principal Designer: Goetschy + Cabello
Architect/Structural Engineer: Goetschy + Cabello
Principal Contractor: Les Charpentiers Du Morvan
Other key firms: Métallerie Bordeaux