No ifs, ands or buttresses: Helena-area high schoolers compete in 5th annual bridge contest

Helena area high school students take on the "pressure" of bridge building

Helena Area High School students felt the pressure through a competition that bridges the gaps between design and functionality.We are not actually building a bridge with this competition; we are solving an engineering problem, Russ Lay, a local bridge engineer, said. Now in its fifth year, the annual balsa bridge building competition is a partnership with Morrison Maierle and physics and tech math classes.It is so fun to see my students get exc…

No ifs, ands or buttresses: Helena-area high schoolers compete in 5th annual bridge contest

Helena and Capital High students showed off their bridge-making talents before having them crushed during the fifth-annual bridge competition at Helena High School on Friday.

High school students compete in bridge building event

Helena Area High School students felt the pressure through a competition that bridges the gaps between design and functionality.We are not actually building a bridge with this competition; we are solving an engineering problem, Russ Lay, a local bridge engineer, said. Helena area high school students take on the "pressure" of bridge buildingNow in its fifth year, the annual balsa bridge building competition is a partnership with Morrison Maierle…