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South Dakota Mines Steel Bridge The South Dakota School of Mine's Steel Bridge team designs and fabricates a steel bridge that competes both regionally and nationally.

Meet all of the officers!
10/03/2026

Meet all of the officers!

This last weekend was the annual Pumpkin Chunkin’ competition. Sadly, the team was not able to compete with a trebuchet ...
09/21/2026

This last weekend was the annual Pumpkin Chunkin’ competition. Sadly, the team was not able to compete with a trebuchet this year, but we did help out in cleaning up all the pumpkins. Thank you to everyone who helped out😁

Welcome back, everyone! This Thursday, we will have an introductory course on STAAD. STAAD is a design software that the...
09/12/2026

Welcome back, everyone! This Thursday, we will have an introductory course on STAAD. STAAD is a design software that the team uses every year to design our bridge. We will be meeting in CM 310. Everyone is welcome to join. Make sure to bring your computer, a charger, and a mouse.

We are thrilled to announce that we placed 2nd in all scoring categories, 1st in aesthetics, and 2nd overall at the Rock...
04/27/2026

We are thrilled to announce that we placed 2nd in all scoring categories, 1st in aesthetics, and 2nd overall at the Rocky Mountain Student Symposium this weekend! Thank you to our sponsors and everyone that helped the team this year. This wouldn’t have been possible without you. See you in El Paso!

Come support Steel Bridge, Concrete Canoe, and ASCE at competition this Friday! The Steel Bridge competition will be hel...
04/20/2026

Come support Steel Bridge, Concrete Canoe, and ASCE at competition this Friday! The Steel Bridge competition will be held in the Barnett Field House at The Monument. Aesthetics judging starts at 9:30 AM and construction will begin at 10:30 AM. South Dakota Mines will probably build around 3:00 PM.

We successfully completed a full load test yesterday! Here are a few pictures from the load test and fabrication.
03/31/2026

We successfully completed a full load test yesterday! Here are a few pictures from the load test and fabrication.

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