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We have all seen the Popsicle stick bridges that can hold some heavy weights. This cardboard tube bridge takes bridge building to the next level!
“Weighing 7.5 tonnes, the bridge is made from 281 cardboard tubes, each 11.5 centimetres (four inches) across and 11.9 millimetres thick. The steps are recycled paper and plastic and the foundations wooden boxes packed with sand. Balloons filled with 1.5 tonnes of water were used to test its resistance, said Ban’s assistant Marc Ferrand. ”
Via: Geekologie
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August 2nd, 2007
i kayaked past that last week! never realised it was made of card bored… i just thought it was a randomly placed bridge :S.
August 2nd, 2007
Isn’t a tonne roughly 2205lb? Aren’t those figures ridiculous??
February 7th, 2008
i made that bridge
October 3rd, 2008
did that break when that picture was taken?
and if so did that guy die?
October 28th, 2008
awesome
February 5th, 2009
is that realy popcicil sticks
February 5th, 2009
Nope, this one is cardboard tubes!
March 4th, 2009
What happens when it rains?