Popsicle Bridge

Floor event held at K-State featuring a week long build of a popsicle bridge. Two teams competed.

The second bridge held so much weight in the bucket that weights were placed on top of the bridge where it wasn't designed to hold loads.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• bridge
• popsicle
• glue
• competition
• science
• weights
• k-state
• ksu
• kansas
• state
• university

[aflourn]

Both of these bridges were built from our mind. No plans were drawn up. I have the second bridge at my house though and could details pictures.

[1235rj]

it sucks because it would be ilegal in mesa competitions.

[1235rj]

Mesa bridges can weigh over 1000 if u build them right.... this one suxs....no offence

[GeigerProductions]

Thats awesome!

[seelder]

i buildt a bridge out of toothpicks and glue and string and i got mine to hold 3790 grams

[Megacookiefan]

For my school Project my ratio was 140 =]

[sciencemon]

slanted piece attached to base near the end of the bridge.

would the bridge be stronger had the piece been attached to the base on top of the table instead of over the gap?

[Tagard1995]

the second was an awsome design.

[inverney]

Could anybody send me a message with a link to the plan for building the 2nd bridge? I need to do it for a mark on school, and a bridge that holds 30 kg would be totally awesome :]

[fiftybottles]

@tweety9102 dude, the first bridge still held 109 lbs. if you read the top part, so im pretty sure thats better than anything YOU could've used. Also, im using that SAME DESIGN for a science project, and hopefully, it should work WELL.