The competition challenges high school juniors and seniors to design and construct the most efficient model bridge using limited materials such as balsa wood, string and glue, in just a few weeks.

Given 20 pieces of balsa wood, a bottle of glue, a spool of thread and size specifications, students were challenged to build the sturdiest bridge possible using their own design.

According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, they tested nearly 200 bridges entered into its 21st annual Bridge Building Competition on Thursday, November 21 at Southeast Missouri State ...

Too much weight sends Koen Tecter’s bridge into the air on Jan. 11, 2023, during the 24th annual Balsa Wood Bridge competition at Thunder Basin High School. Ed Glazar/Gillette News Record ...

MoDOT Bridge Building Competition By Josh Seabaugh Published: Nov. 9, 2023 at 2:40 PM PST | Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 9:11 PM PST ...

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JAMESTOWN, N.C. — Twelve middle school students put their STEM skills to the test by pushing the limits of balsa wood bridges at the first annual competition held at Guilford Technical Community ...

Bridges, many with special names like The Brontosaurus, Big Bertha, El Puente and The Bridge with No Name, were judged according to their weight and the load they hold. Students, working as a team, ...

The goal was to build a 6-by-12-inch bridge out of popsicle stick-length strips of balsa wood and white glue. A compressor was used to see just how much weight the bridge would stand.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Students from The Park School of Buffalo took home a first place prize on Wednesday after competing in the Kenneth T. Rybarczyk Memorial Model Bridge Contest. Over 60 other ...