Popsicle Bridge Holds 500 lbs.

Hi, I just wanted to share the excitement…by using ideas from your website (recommended by my son’s Cub Scout leader) my son Jackson and I were able to build a Popsicle bridge with approximately 125 sticks. It set a new record by holding 500 lbs. for about 15 seconds before breaking! Thanks for the great ideas…not bad for the first try! Mark from Fenton, MI

26 Responses to “Popsicle Bridge Holds 500 lbs.”

1. Nolan - April 11, 2012 at 2:28 pm

   How long is the bridge? I need to make it about 20inches in length using only 125 sticks with 18inches of clear space in the middle.

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2. darren - March 4, 2012 at 6:52 pm

   i was wondering if i could use your design, and i needed to know how long the bridge is?

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3. Lisa - April 20, 2010 at 1:25 pm

   wow that really cool i have to build a bridge for science and i really was thinking of using yours a starting plan and adding but my weights will have to hang from the bottom of the bridge not the top.. do you think that will make a difference??

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4. Jo-Anne - April 17, 2010 at 3:17 pm

   Hello

   Great design. My Son, took yourr pictures off this website and from your picture built the bridge but made several improvements. He added more upright popicle sticks to the side and did not cut any popsice sticks and allowed them to extended out. He layered another truss on the outside and beefed up the top with three layers going in three different directions. The bridge was exactly 150 sticks. They started testing it with 50 lbs weights and went up. THey ran out of weights in the gym to test it, so a gentlemen in the crowd jumped up on top (his weight….240 lbs)….the bridge still didn’;t break. After 635 lbs and no more weight to add….the teacher gave my son an A plus. Great design. Thanks.

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5. Kalamarie - April 15, 2010 at 7:46 am

   is it under 500 grams ??

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6. Rikko - February 25, 2010 at 9:38 am

   Hey…
   i was wondering if you could leave a message on her saying how much grams it weighs, since i am doing a project and the bridge needs to be less than 100 grams. Thank you!

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7. JamesColbert - February 24, 2010 at 11:06 am

   Mine held 1000 pounds what now

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8. joshua - January 28, 2010 at 1:18 pm

   how long was that bridge? was it anywere near 14inches

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9. Christopher - January 23, 2010 at 9:10 am

   Hi i am a middle school student and I need to build really strong popsicle stick bridge for Engineering for Engineer Day at UK (University of Kentucky). Could you maybe e-mail me some strong bridge plans. Thanks.

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   • mini - April 4, 2011 at 12:10 am

     Hi i just read you post and at dimboola in 8/9 metalwork were making metal bridges so hope you had fun building it

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