Building bridges at the 42nd annual Evanston Township High School math department Geometry Bridge Contest last month. Freshman Kayla Strickland, center, won with the strongest bridge. Tora Gylling (left) and Emilie Viola were runners-up.
Building bridges at the 42nd annual Evanston Township High School math department Geometry Bridge Contest last month. Freshman Kayla Strickland, center, won with the strongest bridge. Tora Gylling (left) and Emilie Viola were runners-up. Credit: Richard Cahan

Building bridges at the 43rd annual Evanston Township High School Geometry Bridge Contest. Freshman Kayla Strickland (center) won with the strongest bridge. Tora Gylling (left) and Emilie Viola were runners-up. Students were given poster board, 30 straws and used straight pins to construct their mini bridges. Weights were placed atop the bridges to test structural strength. Kayla built a truss bridge, arched for extra strength. It held 4.5 kilograms (almost 10 pounds). She won the math department’s contest naturally; both her parents have engineering degrees. She hopes to be an architect. (Photo by Richard Cahan)

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