A structural engineer for 40 years, Hirsch has designed several footbridges in San Francisco and San Jose. He was also on the advisory board that reviewed designs for the new eastern span of the Bay ...

Remember the Erector Sets you played with as a kid? Retiree Frosty Wyrick took that pastime to a new level by building a scale model of the Mackinac Bridge which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower ...

PORT ANGELES — Derek Johnson with the help of local engineers is trying to build a bridge spanning physics, practicality and fun. Three Port Angeles High School students, who are not yet selected, ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - After weeks of work, Southeast Missouri high school students put their model bridges to the test. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, they tested ...

Hundreds of small wooden bridges — each shorter than a forearm — were carefully carried into Hammons Student Center on Wednesday evening. They were logged, weighed and photographed. Then the students ...

Stoneham sophomore Steve DiMauro recently competed with the Malden Catholic High School Model Bridge Club in the 2012 Model Bridge Competition. The Boston Society of Civil Engineers and the ...

Okay, so he had a lot of help from his dad, but this third grader’s school project—a wooden model of the Steel Bridge in Portland—is totally awesome. It has all the moving parts of the real bridge; ...