Projects
Here's just a small sampling of the beautiful bridges we've helped create over the years.
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Rio Pocoata, Bolivia
The Rio Pocoata Bridge was our fourth bridge in Bolivia! This six week-long project helped serve the Hautaraque community of 100 people. The bridge spanned 58 meters and was built with the help of McGill University and the University of Washington chapters. This project will provide the community of Huataraque with safe year-round access to education, health care, markets, employment, and government representation…
Rio Kainacas, Bolivia
The Rio Kainacas Bridge was a four-week project that took place in the summer of 2023. This footbridge served a local farming community of over 250 people. The bridge spanned 39 meters and was a collaboration between Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech! This project helped connect the local community to market and education opportunities….
KaZenzele, Godloza, eSwatini
The KaZenzele suspended footbridge was a six-week long project in the village of Godloza, eSwatini. This project was done in collaboration with the University of Iowa and the Virginia Institute of Technology (Virginia Tech). The bridge has a span of 658 meters and now serves over 8,000 individuals in that area…
Mhlathuze-Madwaleni, eSwatini
In 2020, the UIUC EIA Bridge Program chapter collaborated with the Rutgers Universities’ chapter on the Mhlathuze-Madwaleni Community Bridge Project in eSwatini. Together, the team from both chapters worked during the second half of the 2019-2020 school year to design a 51.9-meter long footbridge. The bridge will be constructed by EIA local staff once COVID permits to help local community members access resources and facilities safely during the wet season…
Vance, West Virginia, USA
The Vance West Virginia Vehicular Bridge Project was a two-week long bridge construction project in collaboration with the Rutgers University Engineers in Action chapter and the Mennonite Disaster Service. We sent six of our students, along with four Rutgers University students, to build a 32-foot long vehicular bridge to replace one damaged in the 2016 West Virginia floods.
Flores Rancho, Bolivia
The Flores Rancho Community Bridge Project was a 6-week bridge construction project in Bolivia in collaboration with the University of Iowa’s Engineers in Action chapter. We sent four members to build the 57-meter long footbridge that would help local community members access resources and facilities safely during the wet season…
Choso, Bolivia
The construction of the 73 meter long footbridge in the beautiful community of Chosco lasted two summers, the summers of 2017 and 2018. The first summer, only University of Colorado had travelled to the site. University of Illinois was blessed with the opportunity of travelling with Colorado to Chosco for the summer of 2018, during which the bridge finally was completed, after two years of hard work by all….
Bajo Maiz, Panama
During the 3rd to July 2nd 2017, six members from the University of Illinois chapter travelled to Bajo Maiz, a community in Panama. This is the first Bronze-level project for our chapter. We worked with the community to build a 76.3 m cable suspension pedestrian footbridge to provide a safe way to cross the river. The total number of people that will be able to use the bridge is 745. This includes families that live in nearby communities. Now, approximately 30-35 children will be able to cross the river safely…
Patzula, Guatemala
Our first bridge project was a Tag-along project with the University of Toronto team. We traveled in the summer of 2016 to help build a 34-meter cable suspended footbridge in Patzula, Joyabaj Municipality, Guatemala. The bridge supports 800 daily traffic, including 45 students, to safely cross the river…