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A bridge is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.

  • List of bridges
  • :Category:Bridges

Bridge may also refer to:

Places

  • Bridge (City of London ward), a ward in the City of London, England
  • Bridge (Redbridge ward), a ward for Redbridge London Borough Council, Greater London, England
  • Bridge, Kent, in Kent, England
  • Bridge, Oregon, in Oregon, US
  • Bridge (crater), in the Hadley–Apennine region of the Moon
  • Bridge Ward, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
  • Bridge of Allan, a number of places in Scotland
  • Bridge River, a river in British Columbia, Canada
  • Bridge River Cones, a group of volcanoes in British Columbia, Canada
  • Bridge City (disambiguation)

People

  • Bridge (surname)
  • Bridge (musician), American singer, songwriter and producer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Card games

  • Bridge whist or straight bridge, derived from whist
  • Auction bridge, a further derivation popular in the early 20th century
  • Contract bridge, the modern form of the game
  • Two main variants:
  • Duplicate bridge, in which the same set of deals are played by all competitors
  • Rubber bridge, the basic game, where two partnerships play until one has won two games, called a rubber
  • Additional variants:
  • Chicago (bridge card game), which is played similarly to rubber bridge but a session is limited to four deals <!-- different variants treat part scores as in rubber or as in duplicate, so don't go into that here -->
  • Singaporean bridge or floating bridge, a re-invention of the game with very different rules

Films

  • Bridge (1949 film), a Chinese film
  • Bridge (1988 film), a USA–USSR film
  • Bridge (2020 film), an Indian Assamese-language drama film

Literature

  • Bridge, a 2014 novel by Patrick Jones

Music

Albums

  • Bridge (Blues Traveler album)
  • Bridge (Joey Cape album), 2008
  • Bridge (Speed album)
  • Bridge, a Japanese-language album by Hound Dog
  • Red House Painters (Bridge), the third album by Red House Painters, often referred to as the Bridge album

Songs

  • "Bridge" (song), a song by Queensrÿche
  • "Bridge", a song by Holly Herndon and Martine Syms on Proto
  • "Bridge over Troubled Water" (song), a hit song by Simon & Garfunkel

Other music

  • Bridge (music), an interlude that connects two parts of a song
  • Bridge Records, Inc., a record label

Musical instruments

  • Bridge (instrument), the device that anchors the strings to or holds the strings above the body of a stringed instrument
  • 3rd bridge, an additional bridge added to a stringed instrument

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Bridge Carson, a Power Rangers character
  • Bridge (studio), a Japanese animation studio
  • W281BE, a radio station licensed to Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States called 104.1 the Bridge
  • Bridge (sculpture), a public art work by Peter Flanary, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
  • Bridge (Shachtman), a sculpture by Stephen Shachtman, in Denver, Colorado, United States
  • Bridge (web series), a Maldivian comedy drama series by Amjad Ibrahim
  • Bridge Theatre, a performing arts theater near Tower Bridge in London, England
  • Bridge Summit, an international conference and trade show, based in the United Arab Emirates

Electronics, engineering, and technology

Electronics

  • Bridge circuit
  • Bridge rectifier, an electronic circuit for converting alternating current to direct current
  • H-bridge, an electronic circuit which enables DC electric motors to be run forwards or backwards
  • Wheatstone bridge, an electronic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy

Computers

  • Adobe Bridge, digital asset management software
  • Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation
  • Network bridge, computer networking device that creates a single, aggregate network from multiple communication networks
  • Northbridge (computing) and Southbridge (computing): two chips in the core logic chipset architecture on a PC motherboard
  • Protocol bridge, an electronics device or piece of software that translates from one communications protocol or programming API to another

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  • Bridge camera, generally considered to fill the niche between single-lens reflex (SLR) and compact point-and-shoot cameras

Fitness and sports

  • Bridge (exercise) or gymnastic bridge, most commonly, the balancing of the body on the hands and feet
  • Bridge (grappling), in wrestling, a move intended to dislodge an opponent in top control
  • Mechanical bridge, a piece of cue sports equipment

Healthcare

  • Bridge (dentistry), a fixed prosthesis used to replace missing teeth
  • Myocardial bridge, a heart defect
  • Nasal bridge, the upper, bony part of the nose
  • Bridge piercing, insertion of jewelry through the skin on the bridge of the nose
  • Bridge therapy

Mathematics

  • ; either an edge of a graph, a subgraph related to another subgraph, or a path related to a cycle, meeting a certain property
  • Edge of a graph: bridge (graph theory), isthmus, cut-edge, or cut arc, an edge whose removal disconnects a graph
  • Brownian bridge, in probability theory, the conditional distribution of a process pinned both at the origin and at the end point

Science

Chemistry

  • Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic molecule
  • A bridging ligand in inorganic chemicals
  • A disulfide bridge found in proteins
  • Salt bridge (protein) or salt bond, in protein chemistry, is the term used to denote chemical bonds between positively and negatively charged side-chains of proteins
  • Salt bridge, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)

Other Sciences

  • British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative

Maritime

  • Bridge (nautical), the area of a ship from which it is commanded
  • , a class of ship
  • , a class of ship
  • or SS Bridge, an Empire ship
  • , several United States Navy ships of the name

Other uses

  • Bridge (hill), a classification of British hills
  • Bridge (interpersonal), in social networks, a relationship that acts as a communication channel between different groups
  • Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised
  • Bridge program (higher education), a higher education program
  • Natural bridge, a rock formation where an arch has formed with an opening underneath

See also

  • Bridges (disambiguation)
  • Bridging (disambiguation)
  • The Bridge (disambiguation)
  • "A bridge":
  • Abridge, a village in Essex, England
  • Abridgement or abridgment, a shortened version of a creative work
  • "Bridge to ...":
  • Bridge to Nowhere (disambiguation)
  • Bridge to Terabithia (disambiguation)