Balsa/Basswood Bridge Examples

First Timer’s Second Bridge Design!

First Timer | November 11, 2008October 4, 2016

Hey guys it’s me again, First Timer. Taking the critiques you guys gave, I rebuilt the bridge. This was going to a county Science Fair which I think is pretty cool considering I started learning about bridges about 2 months ago. The specs of the bridge are

Garrett’s Second Bridge

Garrett Boon | June 4, 2007December 3, 2021

Boy does this bridge bring back memories. I built this bridge in 2001, in the 7th grade. It was my first attempt at building a bridge on my own after…

Howe Truss Bridge

Garrett Boon | October 15, 2006December 3, 2021

This bridge was definitely not my best, but it does bring back memories. It was the second bridge built by my old Science Olympiad Bridge Building partner, David, and I….

Hyun Seok Yoon’s First Bridge for the Science Olympiad

Hyun Seok Yoon | January 26, 2009March 14, 2020

Hi this is Hyun Seok Yoon. As the title says, I just made my first bridge for Science Olympiad! Although it took me 12 hours (whew..!) I could see the good result! It held 15kg!

I Beam Bridge

Garrett Boon | June 4, 2007October 5, 2016

This was one of my earlier bridges. I built it after talking with my uncle, who is a mechanical engineer. He suggested that I try using an I-beam. This was…

J.C. Booth State Bridge 2005

Garrett Boon | March 25, 2009August 17, 2017

Here is the Science Olympiad bridge J.C. Booth built for the Georgia State Tournament in 2005. I don’t remember exactly what place it got, but am pretty sure in placed in the top 3. This bridges uses the typical design for that year, with slight modifications

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First Timer’s Second Bridge Design!

Garrett’s Second Bridge

Howe Truss Bridge

Hyun Seok Yoon’s First Bridge for the Science Olympiad

I Beam Bridge

J.C. Booth State Bridge 2005

Matt’s Balsa Bridge

Mr. Carlton’s personal bridge (Central High School Springfield, MO)

Murrah High School’s Contest-winning Bridge

My 1st Bridge