The suspension bridge 11-year-old Maryl Stone and her Shades Cahaba Elemen­tary School classmates built isn't strong enough to support much. But it did support 13 pounds and won her group first place ...

Seventh-grader Jacoby Yliniemi dropped a bowl of sand into the bucket being held up by his group’s toothpick bridge, bit his lip and then relaxed. The bridge was safe. At least for a second. Another ...

Superior High School student Ari Robillard, second from left, reacts as her teammates, Taylor Schultz, left, and Paige B. Johnson balance a weighted bucket on their toothpick bridge at the American ...

“I remember when the kids went to school, they would build a little bridge out of toothpicks and the teachers would put weights on them and see how much weight they could hold,” he said. “I thought, ...