Bridge (disambiguation)

A bridge 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, 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

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
 * 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 (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 and Craig Spector
 * The Bridge, a 2001 novel by Doug Marlette
 * The Bridge, a 2003 mystery novel by Solomon Jones
 * The Bridge, a 2012 romance novel by Karen Kingsbury
 * 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), 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

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, 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) 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

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), 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 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)
 * British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative

Maritime

 * Bridge (nautical), the area of a ship from which it is commanded
 * Bridge-class stores ship, a class of ship
 * Bridge-class OBO carrier, a class of ship
 * SS Empire Bridge or SS Bridge, an Empire ship
 * USS Bridge, 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
 * Suicide bridge, a bridge used frequently to die by suicide