A few weeks ago, the temperature in Juuka was still minus 34 Celcius - almost too cold to get any work done at all, really. But the weather's finicky: the past days, temperatures have been hovering around freezing.

The students in Finland hope to connect both sides of the bridge over the next few days in order to create an actual arc. Whether or not people will be able to cross the bridge with a free span of fifty meters at its opening on February 13 is unsure, says graduate student Roel Koekkoek (Structural Design unit). “It really all depends on the weather and how long we can keep spraying.”