We also hope you will have some fun pitting your problem-solving skills against those of other virtual bridge designers around the globe.
Last updated 02/26/2009
This contest is a local, sub-contest of the national West Point Bridge Design Contest. The national contest is hosted by the US Military Academy (USMA). The local contest is hosted by your local chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (for Maine, it is the ASCE – Maine; for Massachusetts, that is the Boston Society of Civil Engineers).
The contest is open to all students K-12 in their own local state. Students use free software put together by West Point and available for free download to design the cheapest bridge they can that can carry the truck. When you click on the truck button, your design comes to life and if it can't make it - CRASH!
When you enter the local contest (register with the local code), you are automatically entered in the national West Point Online Bridge Contest.
About the national contest, the USMA gives the following information.
The purpose of the contest is to provide
middle school and high school students with a realistic, engaging introduction
to engineering. We provide this contest as a service to education--and
as a tribute to the Academy's two hundred years of service to the
The contest will provide you with an opportunity to:
We also hope you will have some fun pitting your problem-solving skills against those of other virtual bridge designers around the globe.
Last updated 02/26/2009