Popsicle stick bridge video

      The bridge had to be 52-55 cm long , had a max height of 38cm, had a max depth of 15cm. The bridge structure could not apply to the surface it is being supported on. Must be able to transport a toy car end to end. There is a maximum of 100 Popsicle sticks.

      My bridge worked well because the Popsicle sticks were side ways the support more weight and had a triangle design to the under supporting part. The weight was evenly distributed across the surface of my bridge.

      43544 divided by 125.31 = 347 times its own weight

popsicle stick bridge pictures

My google sketch up bridge was almost the same as my final product. The deck changed and the design on the side changed .

The supporting part underneath worked well, that's probably what made the bridge last longer then i thought.The type of bridge i made was a deck truss

I could have strengthened my ends with one or 2 more Popsicle sticks. i think i could have reached 100 pounds. The ends ended up being to weak and couldn't support any more weight.The spacing on the deck worked perfectly fine, it was warping but they weren't giving out.

i learned that there are different ways to try and support weight with just Popsicle sticks.