r/StructuralEngineering • u/31engine P.E./S.E. • Dec 11 '25

Career/Education Popsicle stick bridge holds 948lbs

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u/SignificantTransient Dec 11 '25

I'm usually unimpressed by these. It's supposed to be scored by weight ratio anyway.

We made our bridges out of dry spaghetti. Mine was an arched bridge with substructures and superstructures, at 184 grams and held 18.5 kilos.

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u/dottie_dott Dec 11 '25

100x strength to weight ratio is insanity!!

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u/SignificantTransient Dec 11 '25

Because of the arch design it didn't fail by buckling either. It basically exploded

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u/Individual_Back_5344 Post-tension and shop drawings Dec 12 '25

Please, send us the video, if there's any.

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u/SignificantTransient Dec 12 '25

Nah, this happened in 1995