Coolest Popsicle Bridge
This bridge was built by Michael in Quebec.
I have a bridge I built for a physics for engineers class I’m taking in cegep (QUEBEC). My partner and I didn’t have much confidence in it, but it blew the competition away! The design was a fairly straightforward arch as you can see. We primarily focused on keeping the weight of the bridge down. The bridge weighed in at 211 grams.
The efficiency rating worked as follows:
Weight supported by the bridge divided by the weight of the bridge squared.
This was our score. 173 KG./ (.211)squared. Our score was 3886, second place was 2100 and the rest of the competition was well below 2000. Our bridge held 381 pounds! And the lab class which we tested them in ran out of weight for us to load it with, so we couldn’t break the bridge! our teacher is building a hydraulic system to crush it next week!
~Michael.
Similar Posts
- Seattle Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition
- Balsa Tower
- Matt’s Balsa Bridge
- Popsicle Arch Bridge
- Science Olympiad Bridge
Post Meta
Post Category: Popsicle Bridges, photos
Post Tags: photos, popsicle bridge, reader submitted
78,477 views
(51 votes, average: 3.80 out of 5)
Loading ...
I hope you had the honors of seeing it get CRUSHED!
-great bridge
tjalise
i love this briges is cool and we,ve bulid this 4 a science talnet show in class thank love rockxy!
Just so you know the weigh of the bridge in the eaquation should not be squared. The equation stays as the 173kg/(0.211)=E , E weight held per kg, so you effiecency would only be 819.905%
WOW!!! awesome! How many popsicle sticks was it??? I think it’s so funny how a few hundred popsicle sticks piled up just right can hold so much weight.
yah how many was it???
hey that is sweet
hey guys, i built this thing a few years ago. It ended up holding around 650 pounds before a popsicle stick just sheared in half! and the thing blew up. I dont have any plans for it but i can send a few pictures of it if people are interested. just leave your email on this page and ill send then your way.
Cheers,
Mike
Ps. the middle is raise as there are load bearing cross beams to distribute the load to the trusses.
Thanks for the update, Mike. I had been wondering how much it ended up holding. Sweet bridge man.
Hi! I would like to see any information that you have on this bridge. My son is having to build one for school and we are researching it.
Thanks!
Hey! I have to build a bridge for physics and he’s having this really cruel grading system. i’d love to see how you made yours if it might help me. And any tips you have would be helpful.
thanks
Do you have any blueprints or instructions for this bridge? Also, how many popsicle sticks were used to build this bridge? I need this information for my child’s Honor Physics class who is taking it right now for the summer.
Thanks
Hey, I’m curious as to how many popsicle sticks were used in the bridge build? Also was the load for the bridge appiled below or above the bridge?
I’m about to enter a competition, I just need to ask a few questions
Approx. how many sticks was it?
Can you send me some pics of the bottom, so I can get a simialar layout of the base.
Thanks!!
150 popsicles and i lost the pics sry
hey can u send me the plans and the pics of the side the top and bottom
I like the design- simple but using alot of different techniques. How many sticks did you use? Do you have plans or more phots on how to build it. Anyone got bridge plans/phtos on how to build?–email me at zebraz25@yahoo.com with plans
it is a good design **** however this bridge cannot be entered into most popsicle bridge competitions because there are “modified” sticks. The sticks are not supposed to be altered in any way.eg. cut into smaller pieces split down the middle broken etc. (sorry if someone has already pointed this out)
thats amazing. do you think you could tell me how to make that….i need to make a bridge for my physics class.
yah me too. For my physics class.
my question is how long is the length of the bridge??
I would also like to build one with my kids using your design. I think they will be amazed as to how much strength can be acheived with such little mass. Please forward a copy.
Thanks in advance.
Jim, I do not have any plans for this bridge. These photos came from a reader of this site, I did not build this bridge.
How many popsickle sitcks…?? i have to do the same thing for my tech class but i can’t only use 100 and wood glue…would that be enough>?
whats the square for the one with the hole?
great can i have blueprints on that to see how you made so i can see if i can modify it(if i can:)
Wow thats amazing!!! could you send me some more pics?
NICE i think im gunna try that for my tower project. We are only allowed to use 150 sticks tho. I hope i beat everyone else. BTW holding over 600 pounds make the 25 pound weight seem like a leg weight compared to the 600 pounds lol. Very Nice. Gratz
I was wondering if you had a plan or something for this..