On Monday the welding teacher introduced us students to a welding project on building a bridge. There are multiple different types of bridges like a suspension bridge, a truss bridge, arch bridge, tri arch bridge, cavalier bridge. Our class was split up into 4 groups and appointed 1 foreman to give jobs. My team decided to do a suspension bridge, all of our bridges need to be made out of scrap metal or used metal to build these bridges. We need one blueprint, a top view, side view, a front view, and an isometric drawing. With the blueprint we need a materials list of all the metal or any other material that will be used. The bridge has to be three feet by one foot by one foot. We started by grabbing a piece of scrap metal that was ⅛ inch thick that was 4 feet in length and 6 inches wide. We cut it with a plasma CNC machine into rectangles that were 1 foot long and 6 inches wide, we only cut 2 pieces out of the metal because they were the best pieces then we grabbed another piece of metal that was 3 feet long and 6 inches wide and we only got to mark out that piece before the class ended.
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Bridge welding project
Nathaniel Henry, Writer
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June 17, 2026
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