Brigdes

Andrew Lebowitz

Block C

For our final in first semester we did the bridge project. We had to build a bridge out of Balsa wood which is a light wood and it had to hold a certain amount of weight. I choose an arch design with a howe truss system in the arch. i was the only one that had the arch and i thought that i would work out very well but i was a hassle to make. I had to soak the balsa wood in water wait and then attempt to curve the woods but it was very hard to do because to re-make it a lot because it kept on breaking. I would not go with he arch idea next time and i would be more thorough in my measurement and draft process.

I learned that it takes a lot of work to do something that looks so simple, it made me look at bridges a lot differently and i give more respect to the people that make them.

for next year i have no suggestion, i think that the project was done well and it was my favorite one.