Students from the University of California-Davis beat teams from 43 other engineering schools to win the US national student steel bridge competition. University of Florida and Louisiana State University earned second and third place, respectively. The two-day event was co-sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Steel Construction and hosted by the University of Central Florida. Entries were judged in seven areas - construction speed, lightness, stiffness, efficiency, economy, aesthetics and overall performance.