does ice cream have to do with infrastructure?

Inspiration, for Tom Bucci Sr. - The bridge happened and I say, "Wow, crumbling bridge, it goes with crumbling ice cream."

So I just come up with an idea of Crumbling Bridge.

I had the name, then I had to assign a flavor.

- [David] Transforming a Rhode Island eyesore into a tasty treat.

- Vanilla base ice cream, which is everybody's favorite, is vanilla, swirled with black tar fudge, and we put crumbled peanut butter rebar in it.

- And it's wild, 'cause when you drive on the bridge, and you launch a flavor after the bridge, it's like, wow, that's pretty cool.

- All righty, lead the way.

Thomas Bucci Jr. Is a fourth generation ice cream man.

This little factory in Warwick was founded by his great-grandfather in 1930.

How do I look here?

- [Thomas] You look like an ice cream man, I'll tell you that.

- [David] Family owned and operated to this day, a labor of love for father and son.

The factory features two 1,000 gallon tanks full of chilled ice cream mix.

I love the paint job.

- Yes.

We've had to paint them all, I think every part of our family has had to paint those cows.

- [David] The week after they launched Crumbling Bridge, they had a bit of a hiccup when a container ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

- Some people were mad about it.

Some people, most people, "Lighten up.

He's not talking about the bridge," which I'm not.

I'm talking about our bridge.

This was out before that, and you know, it's like, I'm not making fun of somebody's tragedy.

- [David] Now, crumbling Bridge is one of their most popular flavors.

- [Thomas] It's like our number two seller, next to vanilla being number one.

- [David] They also have another flavor called Bumpy Roads, poking fun at the Newport Bridge.

- Get towards the top of Newport Bridge.

I defy you to have a cup of coffee without spilling it.

It's like going over a washboard.

Espresso ice cream with chocolate cookie asphalt, broken coffee concrete chunks, topped off with marshmallow filled chocolate manhole covers.

- We love Rhode Island, and we love ice cream.

And even though it's not a good position to be in, that we're all in, you know, kind of lighten it up a little bit.

- [David] We happily sampled both flavors.

- You first.

- Here goes.

I would say it's worth a little inconvenience on the bridge to have that flavor.

You have an enviable job, my friend.

(David laughs) - Thank you.