bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle. Bridge can 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 Ward, Ipswich, Suffolk, England *

Bridge of Allan Bridge of Allan (, ), also known colloquially as ''Bofa'', is a former spa town in the Stirling (council area), Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling. Overlooked by the National Wallace Monument, it lies on th ...

, 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

People

* Bridge (surname) * Bridge (musician) - an 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 Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ...

, the modern form of the game **Two main variants: ***

Duplicate bridge Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge where the same set of bridge deals (i.e., the distribution of the 52 cards among the four hands) are played by different competitors, and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, ev ...

, 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 *** Singaporean bridge, a re-invention of the game with very different rules

Films

* ''Bridge'' (1949 film), a Chinese film * ''Die Brücke'' (film) (''The Bridge''), a 1959 German film * ''The Bridge'' (1969 film), a Yugoslav film * ''Bridge'' (1988 film), a USA–USSR film * ''The Bridge'' (Scandinavian TV series) (2011– ), Danish/Swedish production crime drama *'' The Bridge on the River Kwai'', a 1957 British-American adventure war film

Literature

* ''The Bridge'' (long poem), a 1930 long poem by Hart Crane * ''The Bridge'' (short story), a 1931 short story by Franz Kafka * ''The Bridge'' (Banks novel), a 1986 science fiction novel by Iain Banks *''The Bridge'', a 1986 fantasy novel by Jeri Massi *''The Bridge'', a 1973 horror novel by

John Skipp John Skipp (born May 20, 1957) is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on multiple novels, and has also colla ...

and Craig Spector *''The Bridge'', a 2001 novel by

Doug Marlette Douglas Nigel Marlette (December 6, 1949 – July 10, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction."

*''The Bridge'', a 2003 mystery novel by Solomon Jones *''The Bridge'', a 2012 romance novel by

Karen Kingsbury Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963) is an American Christian novelist born in Fairfax, Virginia. She was a sports writer for the ''Los Angeles Times'' and later wrote for the '' Los Angeles Daily News''. Her first book, '' Missy's Murder'' (19 ...

*''Bridge'', a 2014 novel by Patrick Jones

Music

* ''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 Over Troubled Water", a hit song

Other music

Bridge (music) In music, especially Western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section that prepares for the return of the original material section. It adds a sense of progress within a piece of music and can be used to introduce a source of tension. In ...

, an interlude that connects two parts of a song * Bridge Records, Inc., a record label

Musical instruments

Bridge (instrument) A bridge is a device that supports the strings (music), strings on a stringed instrument, stringed musical instrument and transmits the vibration of those strings to another structural component of the instrument—typically a Sound board (music ...

, 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

Electronics, engineering, and technology

* Bridge, in clock- and watchmaking, a component in an '' ébauche'' * Adobe Bridge, digital asset management software * Bridge camera, generally considered to fill the niche between single-lens reflex (SLR) and compact point-and-shoot cameras * 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 A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component. The primary benefit of the circuit is its ability to prov ...

, an electronic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy * Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation * Bridging (networking), the action taken by IT network equipment to allow two or more communication networks to create an amalgamated network *

Northbridge (computing) In computing, a northbridge (also host bridge, or memory controller hub) is a microchip that comprises the core logic chipset architecture on motherboards to handle high-performance tasks, especially for older personal computers. It is connecte ...

and

Southbridge (computing) In computing, a southbridge is a component of a traditional two-part chipset architecture on motherboards, historically used in personal computers. It works alongside the northbridge to manage communications between the central processing unit ...

: 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

Fitness and sports

* Bridge (exercise), most commonly, the balancing of the body on the head 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

Mathematics

Bridge (graph theory) In graph theory, a bridge, isthmus, cut-edge, or cut arc is an Glossary of graph theory#edge, edge of a Graph (discrete mathematics), graph whose deletion increases the graph's number of Connected component (graph theory), connected components. ...

, an edge whose removal disconnects a graph; also other meanings * Brownian bridge, in probability theory, the conditional distribution of a process pinned both at the origin and at the end point

Science

* Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic compound *A

bridging ligand In coordination chemistry, a bridging ligand is a ligand that connects two or more atoms, usually metal ions. The ligand may be atomic or polyatomic. Virtually all complex organic compounds can serve as bridging ligands, so the term is usually r ...

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 electrochemistry, a salt bridge or ion bridge is an essential laboratory device discovered over 100 years ago. It contains an electrolyte solution, typically an inert solution, used to connect the Redox, oxidation and reduction Half cell, ...

, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell) * British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative

Maritime

Bridge (nautical) A bridge (also known as a command deck), or wheelhouse (also known as a pilothouse), is a room or platform of a ship, submarine, airship, or spacecraft, spaceship from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is under way, the bridge is manne ...

, 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 bridge loan is a type of short-term loan, typically taken out for a period of 2 weeks to 3 years pending the arrangement of larger or longer-term financing. It is usually called a bridging loan in the United Kingdom, also known as a "caveat 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 * Suicide bridge, a bridge used frequently to die by suicide