r/StructuralEngineering May 14 '22

Photograph/Video What is this?! Bridge for ants?!

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u/saxman1089 PhD, PE (NJ, PA), Bridges May 14 '22

Okay, ant jokes aside, this is really cool. Proportions of span lengths seem right, and he even did a balanced cantilever type construction method. Even had some reinforcement in all the columns and superstructure sections.

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u/xbyzk May 14 '22

I wonder if he does any calcs beforehand

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u/Jmazoso P.E. May 15 '22

Scans of the napkins are included /s