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Flood Resilient
Private Vehicular Bridges

JZ Engineering is collaborating with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (WV-VOAD) to replace private vehicular bridges destroyed by flooding during the summers of 2015 and 2016. The bridges end the isolation from vital resources that the families are subjected to. We have designed over 150 bridges, and more than 125 have been built by WV-VOAD mainly with volunteers. JZ Engineering also mentors University Engineering students through the Engineers in Action (EIA) Bridge Program to build some of these private vehicular bridges. 

This disaster relief and future disaster prevention work has now extended into flood damaged areas of southwest Virginia, Vermont, North Carolina and eastern Kentucky.

Resilient Bridge Design
For more information and stories, check out the video coverage and projects highlighted below, an interview with National Public Radio and articles on the Popular Science website ("Climate-Proofing"), the MDS website ("Young Engineers"), and the WV-WOAD website ("Bridge Program"). In 2016, WV-VOAD was awarded the Innovative Program of the Year Award for its work replacing bridges.

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Clendenin, WV: Big Blue Bridge

​Big Blue is JZ Engineering's largest private vehicular bridge yet, spanning a total of 310ft. In collaboration with WV-VOAD and MDS, this bridge was completed in March 2022 and serves 14 households.
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Iron Station, NC: Amity Lane Bridge

​Amity Lane is JZ Engineering's first bridge built in North Carolina located in Iron Station, NC. In collaboration with MDS, this 60' bridge was completed in June 2024 and serves 29 families.
Amity Lane Bridge
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Video accompanying the VOAD story by the WCHS Eyewitness News Channel (Charleston-Huntington, WV) - March 18th, 2016
Videos from the MDS Youtube channel

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JZ Engineering
Office Address: 794 N. Main Street
Mailing Address: 1293 Greystone Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22802