Today I’ve changed the commenting system to DISQUS and switched away from the default wordpress system. I am excited because now it will be easier for you to comment and use your Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID account. You will also be able to be notified when someone responds to your comment, which is a very nice feature.

Version 5.0.0 has been released. However, I cut out some of the new stuff. I will add that later.The major new section is the Bridge Photo Gallery. You can click on all the photos, and some lead to a page with more information about that bridge. All will show you are much larger picture, so [...]

You have probably noticed some changes on the website. Those are the new version, 4.5.2. What may not have noticed, is that only the homepage was ever 4.5.1. I didn’t have time to change the other pages, and now it is updated yet again. What exactly are the changes? 1. New position and style of [...]

The annual summer itch to update my website has struck again. This update is mostly a frontend, visual update. The website should look much nicer and cleaner now. A bonus of this is that it should be easier to tell where things are

I have updated to the latest version of WordPress. If you notice any bugs around the site please feel free to share them. I will be spending the next several days finishing the upgrade

I am excited to bring you the option to upload photos of your own bridges and tell me a little about them.

What you need to do:

I am pleased to announce the 2nd edition of my ebook, 5 Steps to Building a Model Bridge. This new edition is expanded to 20 pages, and contains more in-depth information on the art of designing and building model bridges. If you had previously read the 1st edition, I would recommend checking out updated version.

I have built many different models of popsicle bridges. You can check them out one my popsicle bridge category page. Popsicle bridges provide a unique challenge because of the limited length of the popsicle sticks. This hurts the inherent strength especially in tension. Ideally, a member of the bridge in tension would be one long [...]

I am excited to bring to you my picks of the model bridge videos from youtube.com. All you have to do is go to the video category, http://www.garrettsbridges.com/videos and see for yourself. I have gone and watched a lot of videos and taken the ones I think are the best and complied them into playlists. [...]