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.

32 Responses to “Coolest Popsicle Bridge”

1. Alexa Bjornell - April 17, 2011 at 2:00 am

   can i see the blueprints plz

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   • Garrett Boon - April 20, 2011 at 7:49 pm

     Alexa, the author of this post probably does not follow this page and I do not personally have the blueprints. Sorry.

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2. Mainsi - August 24, 2010 at 7:46 am

   NICE! I will try make this too!

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3. Jessi - May 9, 2010 at 6:58 pm

   Hey i am trying to find a good bridge that will span 500mm ( or 50 cm ) But it was to be stronge but also has to look good Also i Can only use popiscal sticks i can use wire and such for a suspension bridge but not cardboard and such any sugestions?

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4. Shanna - April 12, 2010 at 9:54 am

   Please,
   If it is possible, I am working on a project to build a 1 meter bridge made of 350 popsicle sticks that will hold a minimum of 100lbs. We can only use elmer’s white glue so if you could help us out with further directions of how to build this type of bridge that would be great.
   Thanks!
   Shanna and Abby

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5. CARR - January 28, 2010 at 8:07 pm

   I was wondering if you had a plan or something for this..

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6. Bonds (not Bond) - November 16, 2009 at 2:29 pm

   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

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7. Becky - November 15, 2009 at 2:32 pm

   Wow thats amazing!!! could you send me some more pics?

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