Today is day two of the Building a Bridge project. From last class we have learned that our original design of the pier bridge and the floating bridge together are not going to fully function. So during the start of todays class we altered the design a little for the shallow portion of the bridge. This new design consist of a trapezoid that will act as a support system for the plank that we will put on top. In order to do that We will then build another trapezoid, one that accommodates the depth of the pond. The planks that lay on top of the trapezoids will prevent the trapezoid from swinging back and forth.
The first trapezoid has a base of 3'x10" the two legs are 2'x3" and the top spans 10" (1x4 wood)
We were able to build a prototype for the bridge that was successful the next thing that we have to do is think of a way to make it more sturdy we can make it. using thicker wood and etc.
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