Bridge Designs

Our first project was investigating the 8th street bridges, since at the time that was what was affecting us most. We learned about different designs of bridges and learned how each bridge has a certain strength, and weakness. After we studied up a bit we soon got down to business and were tasked to build our own bridges, in groups, out of popcicle sticks and glue. After a 2 week period of building the day finally came for the weight-test contest. Testing both the span and the towers of each bridge. Few bridges survied the carnage of this, but a few clever designs made it to a whopping 475lb's!!! (By Jordon Lemon)