Mr. Erickson's students build toothpick bridges each year and compete at the American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Chapter Toothpick Bridge Contest at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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Students design their bridges and then carefully assemble the bridge. (Anthony Schultz: Two-Time Strongest Bridge Champion - 2014 and 2012)
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Dane Hauser won the Strongest Bridge Contest 3 times!!!
In this photo Thomas Montgomery is suspended in a garbage can from one of Dane's bridges!! |
Kenneth Morris holding his 2013 Aerial Lift Bridge and Lee Schultz holding his Nike bridge. Kenneth won the 2012 Most Aesthetically Pleasing Bridge Contest.
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BAYFIELD'S PARADE OF CHAMPIONS
Bayfield students have regularly won each of the three categories at the Duluth contest. (1st place years listed below.)
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STRONGEST BRIDGE
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LIGHTEST TO HOLD 10 KG
Bayfield holds the contest record for both the Strongest Bridge and the Lightest Bridge to Hold 10 kg.
* Stongest Bridge - 1997 - 267 lbs (Hans Dahl, Bruce Halvorson) *Lightest Bridge - 2011 - 25 g (Ellie and Emily Hoopman) |
MOST AESTHETICALLY PLEASING
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