JEMICY BRIDGE PROJECT

Creating a path for the cross country team trail and facilitating travel between Jemicy Upper School classrooms and its new athletic field sparked this fall’s bridge project, an undertaking of the Woodworking 3D Design class. Accomplished in 4 weeks, the project required an   understanding of basic bridge truss construction, as well as

math skills to calculate, measure, and cut complex, complementary angles. The bridge truss was designed after the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia  

The 15 students involved in the project brainstormed, designed, learned to use tools safely and effectively, created a sturdy   prototype, produced the parts of the bridge and foundation, and finally installed the bridge, which measured 12  feet long, 3 ft wide,and spans a 6 foot gap.