Comments on: Popsicle Bridge Holds 500 lbs.

By: mini

mini — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:10:00 +0000

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

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:25:09 +0000

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??

By: Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:17:28 +0000

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.

By: Kalamarie

Kalamarie — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:46:26 +0000

is it under 500 grams ??

By: Rikko

Rikko — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:38:40 +0000

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!

By: JamesColbert

JamesColbert — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:06:35 +0000

Mine held 1000 pounds what now

By: joshua

joshua — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:18:56 +0000

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

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:10:30 +0000

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.

By: Mako

Mako — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:21:30 +0000

Hello, I’m Mako and I am a science highschool student. My professor in physics asked me to do a bridge out of popsicles. He told me that there is a certain bridge design that could hold up to 500lbs.
I suddenly ended up finding this website and I really need some pointers on how you did that bridge. Please e-mail me some tips about bridge building…

By: salisbury

salisbury — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:39:10 +0000

i recently finished a bridge building project, our bridge was 250 grams and held 539 pounds, had we not run out of weight and had to go get more we might have topped 600 with ease