2024 West Virginia Bridge Design and Build contest finalists includes teams from local schools
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — The 2024 West Virginia Bridge Design and Build contest finalists were announced, some of which include local middle schoolers and high schoolers.
The finals will be on Friday, April 5, 2024, and Saturday, April 6, 2024 at the WVU Institute of Technology Beckley Campus, and will include 22 high school teams and nine middle school teams.
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West Virginia Division of Highways has hosted the competition for 25 years and counting. We’ve witnessed students go to college and go into engineering because of the competition, and it’s really rewarding.
Jennifer Dooley | WVDOT Public Relations Director
The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) has sponsored the event for more than 25 years, and the contest will focus on engineering as students use real-word design principles to create their bridges. 138 teams from across West Virginia, either one student or a team of two, submitted 650 total designs for the contest in 2024. Many students who have been a part of the contest in the past are now WVDOT employees.
This competition brings out the best in West Virginia’s students. Not only the students, but parents, siblings, teachers. Everyone rallies together around the student teams and it’s something we at West Virginia Department of Transportation are proud to be part of… West Virginia Department of Transportation has careers available all over West Virginia. Not only in engineering, but whatever your skillset or career interest, there’s a place for you here.
Jennifer Dooley | WVDOT Public Relations Director
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Of the high school finalists, there are 13 teams from Mercer County (12 teams from PikeView High School and one team from Princeton Senior High School), three teams from Greenbrier East High School in Greenbrier County, three teams from Morgantown High School in Monongalia County, two teams from Winfield High School in Putnam County, and one team from East Fairmont High School in Marion County.
Finalists for the middle schools include five teams from Eastern Greenbrier Middle School in Greenbrier County, one team from PikeView Middle School in Mercer County, one team from Suncrest Middle School in Monongalia County, one team from Andrew Jackson Middle School in Kanawha County, and one team from Barboursville Middle School in Cabell County.
In the upcoming weeks, balsa wood building kits will be mailed to the finalists. Students who entered the competition received a free tour of the New River Gorge Bridge catwalk, courtesy of BridgeWalk, for themselves and their families, which will take place on April 7, 2024.
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The partners for the 2024 West Virginia Bridge Design and Build contest include the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT), BridgeWalk, and the West Virginia Department of Education.
More information about the contest can be found on the West Virginia Bridge Design and Build contest website.
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