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Bridge bearing
A bridge bearing is a load-carrying element that supports a bridge superstructure while allowing movement, transferring loads to the substructure and accommodating thermal expansion and contraction.
Bridge collapses and safety incidents in Asia and Oceania
A survey of bridge collapses and safety incidents in Asia and Oceania, covering India's 170 collapses and 202 deaths from 2021 to 2025 and Australia's 1970 West Gate disaster.
Bridge House
Bridge House, Ambleside: a late 17th-century stone cottage built atop a bridge over Stock Beck, Grade I listed, once an apple store and dwelling, now a National Trust information centre.
Bridge inspection
Bridge inspection is the periodic examination of a bridge's condition, in the United States governed by federal standards created in 1971 after the Silver Bridge collapse.
Bridge load rating
Bridge load rating is a standardized procedure for determining the safe load-carrying capacity of an existing bridge, so engineers can set load posting and permit requirements for vehicles.
Bridge loan
A bridge loan, also known as a bridging loan or swing loan, is a short-term, interest-only loan repaid from a planned exit like a property sale or refinancing.
Bridge Magazine
Bridge Magazine: British bridge periodical begun as Auction Bridge Magazine in the 1920s, renamed Bridge Magazine in 1930, merged with the EBU's British Bridge World in 1964; distinct from Bridge Canada, The Bridge Chicago, and The Bridge World.
Bridge maintenance
Bridge maintenance is the routine, hands-on care of bridge fabric, covering deck and joint repair, bearing upkeep, and corrosion protection, stopping short of major rehabilitation or replacement.
Bridge management system
A bridge management system, or BMS, is a computer-based framework that helps bridge owners model deterioration and prioritize maintenance across a network of bridges; the leading American system, Pontis, dates to 1992.
Bridge of Mantible
The Bridge of Mantible (Puente de Mantible) is a ruined stone bridge over the Ebro between the Basque Country and La Rioja, once attributed to Rome but built from the 11th century.
Bridge of No Return (돌아오지 않는 다리)
The Bridge of No Return (돌아오지 않는 다리) is a crossing on Sacheon Creek in the Korean DMZ, named for the 1953 Korean War prisoner exchanges.
Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) is an enclosed early 17th-century stone bridge in Venice that connects the Doge's Palace with the New Prisons across the Rio di Palazzo.
Bridge of Spies (film)
Bridge of Spies: 2015 Steven Spielberg Cold War drama with Tom Hanks as lawyer James Donovan and Mark Rylance as spy Rudolf Abel, based on the 1962 Glienicke Bridge prisoner exchange for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers; six Oscar nominations, Rylance won.
Bridge of the Americas (El Paso–Ciudad Juárez)
The Bridge of the Americas, also known as the Cordova International Bridge or Puente Córdova, is a toll-free U.S.–Mexico border bridge linking El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez.
Bridge over Fosso di Acqua Rossa
Bridge over Fosso di Acqua Rossa: remains of a Roman Republican road bridge (2nd-1st century BCE, Ward-Perkins) over the Fosso di Acqua Rossa near Gallicano nel Lazio, distinct from the nearby Aqua Marcia aqueduct bridge Ponte Lupo.
Bridge over Troubled Water
Bridge over Troubled Water: Simon & Garfunkel's fifth and final studio album (Columbia, January 26, 1970). 10 weeks at US number 1, 33 UK weeks, 25 million sold, six Grammys; produced with Roy Halee and LA session players.
Bridge over Troubled Water (song)
“Bridge over Troubled Water” is a song written by Paul Simon and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, with Art Garfunkel singing the lead vocal. Released as a single in January 1970, it.
Bridge players of Asia, Africa and Oceania
Bridge players of Asia, Africa and Oceania are contract bridge players from those regions, competing in the Asian Games since 2018, with China leading the medal standings.
Bridge rehabilitation and strengthening
Bridge rehabilitation and strengthening covers renewal interventions that keep an existing bridge in service instead of replacing it, extending service life by 15 years or more.
Bridge River Cones
The Bridge River Cones are a small basaltic volcanic field in the Garibaldi volcanic belt of southwest British Columbia, Canada, about 40 km west of Gold Bridge.
Bridge scoring
Bridge scoring: the trick values, game and slam bonuses, and penalties of contract bridge, and how rubber, Chicago, and duplicate play convert deal results into matchpoints or IMPs (0-24 scale).
Bridge scour
Bridge scour, or hydraulic scour, is erosion of streambed material around bridge foundations caused by flowing water, which can undermine piers and abutments and is the most common cause of bridge failure.
Bridge signaling
Bridge signaling is the set of defensive carding agreements in contract bridge by which defenders communicate through played cards, using attitude, count, and suit-preference signals.
Bridge strike
A bridge strike is a collision in which a road vehicle, usually a truck too tall for the clearance, hits the underside of a bridge or tunnel.
Bridge tender
A bridge tender, also called a bridge operator or drawbridge operator, controls a movable bridge's opening and closing, coordinating safe passage for vessels and for road or rail traffic.
Bridge Therapy
Bridge therapy is treatment used in a transition between former and new therapeutic regimes (MeSH D000093142, 2023). Covers perioperative heparin bridging, CAR-T bridging, bridge clinics for opioid use disorder, and social-work transitional care models.
Bridge to nowhere
A bridge to nowhere is a bridge built without a destination justifying it, a term made famous by Alaska's proposed $398 million Gravina Island Bridge, canceled in 2007.
Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Gabor Csupo's Disney/Walden Media fantasy drama adapted from Katherine Paterson's Newbery-winning 1977 novel, starring Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb as children whose imaginary kingdom ends in tragedy.
Bridge to Terabithia (novel)
Bridge to Terabithia is Katherine Paterson's 1977 Newbery Medal-winning children's novel about Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke, whose imaginary woodland kingdom ends in Leslie's drowning; inspired by the lightning death of Lisa Hill.
Bridge–tunnel
A bridge–tunnel is a single fixed water crossing that combines elevated bridge spans with underwater tunnel sections, joined at artificial islands where traffic descends into the tube.