Balsa Bridge Building Contest

It's time for our school's annual Balsa Bridge Building Contest! Our school's Physics 11 and 12 classes are doing their annual Bridge Building Contest. The contest is held in our school's auditorium.

Here is a link to the Bridge Building Contest.

http://www.balsabridge.com/

Here is a link to some photos of last years contest.

http://www.myndrs.com/bridge07/index.html

Here is an interesting link from the Additional Links list on the Balsa Bridge Building Contest site.

http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/basics/index.shtm

RECORD HOLDER
The current record holder is Matthew Sullivan from 2000 with a record of 209.4kg.

DESTRUCTION

Unfortunately, not all bridges stand under the pressure of the weights.

SPONSORS
Some sponsors for this event are:

Vancouver is a city with many interesting bridges. My favorite would be the Alex Fraser Bridge.