AASHTO Journal
editor@aashto.org April 7, 2023
You could literally feel the excitement and tension fill the West Virginia University Institute of Technology’ Van Meter Gym as middle and high school students watched the destructive testing of bridge models they built with balsa wood and Elmer’s wood glue at the 2023 West Virginia Bridge Design & Build Contest. [Above left to right: Parker Shrewsbury and Madelyn Cole of Pikeview High School watch as WVU Tech students Luke Reynolds and Tyler Kibler put their bridge model to the test. Photo by WVU Tech.] Sponsored for the last 20 years by the West Virginia Department of Transportation and hosted by the WVU Tech on its Beckley campus, the final round of the contest on April 1 tested the computer software and model bridge building skills of 38 sixth through 12th grade students from across the state.
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