This year we were assigned a really interesting project by our teacher Dr. Butler in our Honors Geometry class. He gave us the task of building a virtual bridge. The goal was to learn the fundamentals of mechanics, the importance of triangles in engineering and the importance of geometric figures in bridge construction. To do this, we used a program called West Point Bridge Designer 2011. This program was created by a student at West Point University. At first he did it for fun, but then he decided to make it a competition. So every year a new version comes out, and people all over the United States compete to create a bridge that will successfully take a virtual truck to the other side, while spending as little as possible on materials. Our goal was to create a working truss bridge with standard shoulders capable of carrying a standard H25 truck, costing no more than $163,500. An H25 is a truck with a certain dynamic load. First I decided to draw all the ideas I had, but I didn't really know what I was doing since I had no experience with building bridges. So I started playing...