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Students attending college in Potsdam rebuild bridges in Lampson Falls

Posted 11/20/15

POTSDAM -- A group of college students recently joined forces to build bridges at Lampson Falls. A dozen students worked together to complete the first two bridges in about five hours. The bridges …

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Students attending college in Potsdam rebuild bridges in Lampson Falls

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POTSDAM -- A group of college students recently joined forces to build bridges at Lampson Falls.

A dozen students worked together to complete the first two bridges in about five hours. The bridges were 13 feet and 10 feet long, respectively, and were built with lumber donated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Two weeks later, 24 students from the Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) chapter and the Timber Bridge team, as well as the Steel Bridge team and the American Society of Civil Engineers, volunteered to construct two more bridges. These bridges were 20 feet and 22 feet long, respectively, and were completed in three hours.

"It was difficult carrying large pieces of wood on our backs up and over hills on the hiking trail, but we made it work," said environmental science and policy student Colin Dowd. "We were all really motivated to do the work, and we organized it well enough so that everyone was contributing."

“This project was a great service opportunity for both groups to gain construction experience and show how serious the teams are about preparing to travel overseas to construct similar bridges in other communities,” said civil engineering student Julianna Makarsky, president of Clarkson Univesity's B2P chapter.