1. Triangles are everywhere in bridge construction!

3. Brent Spence Bridge

4. Your mission…act as the fabricator for this bridge.
Brent Spence Bridge
Your mission…act as the fabricator for this bridge.

5. What is a fabricator??
Fabricator = produces each piece for the bridge
Engineer = Design
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There is a step in between
Contractor = Builds

10. You will… You will need… Get into groups of no more than 2
Use your geometry skills to perform the job of a fabricator
Build a model of the Brent Spence Bridge
You will need…
A project packet
Calculator
Pencil (no pens please)
Graph paper or plain white paper (you choose)

11. Each group will be responsible for a section of the bridge.

12. There are 4 parts to your task
Find all of the angles and lengths of the members in your section
Scale down the measurements in your section
Draw your section to scale (use the dimensions that you found in Step 2)
Build your section of the model

13. Remember that the sections all have to fit together!!
Finally,
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Remember that the sections all have to fit together!!
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8

14. Day 1
Find all of the angles and lengths of the members in your section
Answer the follow-up questions
Day 2
Scale down the measurements in your section
Draw your section to scale (use the dimensions that you found in the previous step)
Day 3
Build your section of the model
Put all of the sections together

15. Building Code for Sections 2, 3, 6, & 7

16. Where to connect the two sides with the angle bracket…