A really bad pun from concrete design class.

The freshmen were challenged with the following question:prepare a short writeup of seven notable bridge engineers. Here's what they wrote.

A student shares memories of the Bay Bridge from vacations with his family.

A spectacular photo showing construction of the new Hoover Dam Bypass bridge across the Colorado River.

Helpful comments on how to get internet access for a bridge.

The Top 10 Bridges   A friend told me he watched a TV show about the top 10 bridges.   I don’t remember the name of the show, or which bridges were on the list, or how they were picked.   But when he described the list, overall it seemed to me that they got it all wrong.   So I came up with

Biking on the first leg of a student cross-county biking/ community service trip.

  For their bridge class final, the students had to design a bridge.   It was a take home final where they had several weeks to layout and design a simple span prestressed concrete bridge.   I requested that they consider aesthetics. The students needed to sketch their designs and comment on various ways that