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Engineering students test their bridge-building skills for the 25th year  

Brave Lego figurines (at right) test the strength of a model bridge during the 25th annual CSCE Troitsky Bridge Building competition. On March 6, 29 teams of engineering students from all over Canada and the U.S. created marvels of bridge engineering prowess out of sticks and string, which have to measure up (below) to exacting standard in order to enter the contest.

What took hours to plan and build took mere seconds to destroy under the infamous Crusher. According to participants, that’s a terrible ratio but completely worth it. The Chicoutimi team Les Impontderables took home the 2009 crown with a maximum load of 1 191 kg and a final score of 119. Second went to the I-Beamers from Ryerson and third went to McMaster's String Theory. Concordia's Bridgesickles came in fourth.