EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Over 500 students from 44 schools came to El Paso for the National Student Steel Bridge Competition sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction for the teams to design, fabricate, and build their own 20 foot steel bridge.
Student lead planner Paulina Sandoval told ABC-7 the bridges are judged based on the construction portion of their bridge, a project she says teams have been working on since the fall, and specifically how quickly the bridges can be constructed.
Sandoval said penalties are given for dropping metal, with the other portion of Saturday’s competition being based on vertical load tests according to Sandoval…