This is a functioning bridge in my home town, built in 1875 (see description submitted seperately). Hope it’s ok that I’ve attached a photo of an actual bridge, as opposed to a model – as it is a rare extant example of a design in this size (200+ ft) I thought you might want to … Read more
We started our bridge program last year in my beginning engineering and manufacturing classes. I wanted to make a bridge that was very complicated with simple rules that required them to have to work on the mathematics of the bridge. I wanted to stress the strength of the truss design, so within the rules, I made it … Read more
Music video for the song, The Bridge Builder Blues written and recorded by Garrett and Drew Boon.
My brother, cousin, and I were inspired to make this spoof of the TV show, Man Vs. Wild. We call this Man Vs. City. It is filmed mostly on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge located in Charleston, South Carolina. Man Vs. Wild is a show where a man, Bear Grylls, is dropped off in various … Read more
The Bridge Builder Blues is a fun little song I originally wrote back in late 2004. I forgot about it until the Science Olympiad season of 2006. I pulled it out, and with the help of my brother re-wrote the lyrics and came up with the music. Then in 2007 We made a music video … Read more
Note, this page is meant for laughs only, and not to offend anyone. If I happened to use something you said, well, laugh along with the rest of us yea…page 5 has no solution does it? ur just pulln my leg…its not possible i swear it isnt! okay i got number one now a lil … Read more
The Bridge Builder Poem An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when safe on … Read more
If you have read my bio page, then you already know a little bit about my bridge building experiences. But today I want to share some more behind why I created GarrettsBridges.com. The only reason I got involved in model bridge building was because of my activity in Science Olympiad. Before that, I simply had … Read more