Bridge

**bridge**
	structure built to span physical obstacles
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Famous bridges[edit]

The Golden Gate Bridge
Mackinac Bridge, in Michigan
Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh
Charles Bridge in Prague

Argentina[edit]

La Polvorilla Bridge in Salta
Puente de la Mujer
Puente de la Mujer
Puente Colgante (Santa Fe)
Puente Colgante night (Santa Fe)
Bridge Rosario-Victoria (Rosario)

Australia[edit]

Bridges over the Murray River[edit]

Swanport Bridge
Berri Bridge
Paringa Bridge
Mallee Highway between Tooleybuc and Piangil
Another view of the Mallee Highway bridge
Downstream side of the bridge between Koondrook and Barham, from the Victorian side
Upstream side of the Koondrook and Barham, from the New South Wales side
Riverina Highway across Lake Hume
Jingellic Bridge

Tasmania[edit]

Richmond Bridge, 1823

Austria[edit]

Reichsbrücke in Wien
Donaustadtbrücke in Wien
Stadlauerbrücke in Wien
Tauernautobahn/Gmünd 1975, Unfall/Accident
U-Bahn-Brücke über die Wienzeile
Brücken über den Wienfluss

Bangladesh[edit]

Belarus[edit]

Pontoon bridge over the river Soz

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
Stari Most in Mostar
Arslanagica most

Brazil[edit]

Amazonas[edit]

Rio Negro Bridge - Manaus, Amazonas
Ponte Pênsil Barra velha

São Paulo[edit]

Complexo Viário Real Parque Bridge - São Paulo, São Paulo

Santa Catarina[edit]

Hercílio Luz Bridge - Florianópolis - Santa Catarina State. Connect Santa Catarina Island to the Continent.

Bulgaria[edit]

Canada[edit]

Vancouver area[edit]

Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver
Underside of the Lions Gate Bridge
Trestle bridge at bottom of Mowat Street in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

China[edit]

Gaoliang Bridge in Beijing
Ting Kau Bridge in Hong Kong
Lupu Bridge in Shanghai
Zhaobaoshan Bridge
Ponte de Sai Van in Macau
Jiulongjiang

Croatia[edit]

Rijeka Bridge
Krk Bridge
Dubrovnik Bridge
Osijek Bridge

Czechia[edit]

Denmark[edit]

Storebælt Bridge
Great Belt Bridge
Small Belt bridge
Hvide Sande, bridge and lock
Hvide Sande
The Svendborgsund Bridge, with the island Tåsinge in the background.
The Svendborgsund Bridge in evening lighting as seen from Christiansminde. Vindeby is to the left, Svendborg to the right.

Bridges over Limfjorden (Denmark)[edit]

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Aggersund Bridge

Estonia[edit]

see also Category:Bridges in Estonia

Angel's Bridge, Tartu
Devil's Bridge, Tartu
Arch Bridge, Tartu
Pedestrian bridge in Nõmme, Tallinn
Pedestrian promenade bridge in Tallinn
Stone bridge in Kuressaare
Kasari old bridge
Papiniidu Bridge, Pärnu
Friendship Bridge, Narva, border crossing between Estonia and Russia
Railway bridge over Pulga stream and a road at the same time

Finland[edit]

see also Category:Bridges in Finland

The Replot Bridge in Korsholm, Finland. View from the Fjärdskäret skerry.
Jätkänkynttilä bridge in Rovaniemi, Finland, seen from the eastern bank of the River Kemijoki
Stone arch bridge in Onnenkoski, Pormarkku, Finland.
Ylistö Bridge in Jyväskylä, Finland.
Mist rising from Oulujoki river embraces the Vaalankurkku railway bridge near Vaala station in Finland.
Särkänsalmi bridge in Naantali, Finland.
Sääksmäki bridge in Valkeakoski, Finland.

France[edit]

see also Category:Bridges in France

A bridge over the Seine river in Paris
Viadukt de Garabit
Millau viaduct
Le Pont Saint Bénezet à Avignon
Le Pont de Normandie au Havre
Le Pont de Normandie au Havre
Le Pont du Morbihan (Bretagne)
Pont de Kérisper (Morbihan, Bretagne))
Le Viaduc de Garabit en Auvergne
Le Pont de Menat en Auvergne
Pont du Gard
Pont de Saint-Nazaire
Pont de Saint-Nazaire
Pont sur la Meuse à Vacherauville
The new Pegasus Bridge in Benouville, Normandie.
Pont Notre-Dame à Mende (48) - XIII^e siècle
Pont de Quézac (14 th-15th century), Lozère
Pont génois de Pianella (XV^e siècle), Ota, Corse

Germany[edit]

Fliesenbrücke am Haussee in Wolfshagen
Müngstener Talbrücke 1897

Berlin[edit]

see also Category:Bridges in Berlin

A train at the U-Bahn in w:Berlin, passing over the w:Landwehrkanal

Bietigheim-Bissingen[edit]

Railroad
Railroad

Cologne[edit]

see also Category:Bridges in Cologne

Dombrücke (historical)
Hohenzollernbrücke, Cologne cathedral
Hohenzollernbrücke, cathedral, museum
Hohenzollern Bridge
Severins Bridge
Mülheimer Bridge

Darmstadt[edit]

Bridge at main station with water tower

Dessau[edit]

Jagdbrücke über die Mulde bei Dessau
Jagdbrücke über die Mulde bei Dessau
Jagdbrücke über die Mulde bei Dessau

Dresden[edit]

pedestrian bridge with biketrack in Dresden (in construction)
pedestrian bridge where the river Weißeritz meets the river Elbe
Marienbrücke
Blaues Wunder
Carola and Albert bridge

Duisburg[edit]

Motorway bridge (A 42) over the river Rhine

Eschenlohe[edit]

Brücke über die Loisach
Brücke über die Loisach
Brücke über die Loisach
Brücke über die Loisach

Fehmarnsundbrücke[edit]

Bridge over the Fehmarnsound
View from Orth/Fehmarn
View from the „Wulfener Hals“
View from the „Wulfener Hals“
View from the „Wulfener Hals“

Frankfurt am Main[edit]

Obermainbrücke

Ginsheim-Gustavsburg[edit]

Railroad over River Main
Railroad over River Main

Greifswald[edit]

Wooden Bridge in „Wiek“ near „Greifswald“

Hamburg[edit]

River Elbe[edit]

Old bridge between Harburg - Wilhelmsburg
Old bridge between Harburg - Wilhelmsburg
Old bridge between Harburg - Wilhelmsburg
New bridge over north Elbe

Harbour[edit]

Brooksbruecke
Zollkanal

Metro[edit]

Metro at habour
Metro Bridge

Karlsruhe[edit]

Rhine bridges

Kappeln[edit]

Bridge over the Schlei

Kirchhundem[edit]

Heitmickeviadukt

Klingenthal[edit]

Iron railway bridge

Limburg an der Lahn[edit]

railway bridge
railway bridge
railway bridge

Magdeburg[edit]

Sternbrücke
Anna-Ebert-Brücke
Zollbrücke
Neue Strombrücke
Autobahnbrücke A2
Jerusalembrücken
Hubbrücke Handelshafen
Hubbrücke Altstadt
Brücke am Wasserfall

Mainz[edit]

Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
Mainbahn
Mainbahn
Mainbahn
Mainbahn

Rüdesheim am Rhein[edit]

Worms[edit]

Nibelungenbrücke

Hungary[edit]

Colocación de la piedra fundamental, pintura de Barabás Miklós (1864).
Puente de las Cadenas, al fondo el castillo de Buda.
Los guardianes del puente.
Puente de las Cadenas
A hortobágyi Kilenclyukú híd
A Nagycenki Széchenyi Múzeumvasút hídja
Csongrád–Szentes-híd

India[edit]

Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Bandra-Worli Sea Link as seen from 'Dadar Chowpatty beach'
Bandra-Worli Sea Link viewed from Taj Lands End
Yamuna bridge, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, bridge across river Ganges, Bihar
Konkan railway bridge across the Zuari river in Goa
Netravati railway bridge, Mangalore, Karnataka
Pamban Rail bridge, Tamil Nadu
Pamban road bridge (left) and rail bridge (right)
Jubilee Bridge, crossing Hooghly River, West Bengal
Lakshman Jhula, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Bridge over river Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Indonesia[edit]

Youtefa Bridge

Italy[edit]

Ponte vecchio, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy.
Ponte della Maddalena, Borgo a Mozzano, Tuscan, Italy.
Ponte di Tiberio di Rimini.
Ponte di Tiberio di Rimini.
Ponte di Tiberio di Rimini.
Ponte di Rialto, Venezia.
Bridge of Sighs (Venice).
Ponte di San Rocco sec. III-XIV, Vimercate.
Roman bridge in Genoa/1.
/2.
Ponte Vittoria Verona

Japan[edit]

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge from top
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge from top
Asahibashi Bridge, Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Eitai Bridge in Tokyo
Eitai Bridge in Tokyo
Hamana Ōhasi of Lake Hmana in Shizuoka Prefecture
Hirose Bridge
Kintai Bridge, Kintaikyo, in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Kobe bridge (Kobe-ohashi)
Spectacles Bridge in Nagasaki, Japanese name is Meganebashi
Tempozan Ohashi in Osaka
Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo
Rainbow Bridge, view from Odaiba, Tokyo
Tatara Ohashi bridge
In'noshima Ohashi Bridge
Tsujyunkyo Bridge
Yokohama Bay Bridge
Yokohama Bay Bridge
Hibiki Bridge
Himinoe Bridge

Latvia[edit]

Stone Bridge, Riga
Cable Bridge, Riga

Lithuania[edit]

Railway bridge Lyduvenai, crossing river Dubysa
Pillar with ruins of the 1944 destroyed bridge in Lyduvenai

Montenegro[edit]

Mala Rijeka Viaduct
Tara bridge
Tara bridge

Netherlands[edit]

Saint Servatius Bridge, Maastricht
Saint Servatius Bridge, Maastricht
Zeelandbrug (Photo taken in 1986)
Waalbrug in Nijmegen
Waalbrug in Nijmegen
Brug in Smilde
Stadsbrug in Kampen (Overijssel)

Nigeria[edit]

Norway[edit]

Karmsund bridge in Karmøy near Haugesund — Karmsund Brücke in Karmøy nahe Haugesund
Karmsund bridge in Karmøy near Haugesund — Karmsund Brücke in Karmøy nahe Haugesund

Pakistan[edit]

The Jhelum River Bridge near Jhelum City

Perú[edit]

Lima[edit]

English: Rímac river, Stone bridge
Español: Río Rímac, Puente de Piedra.

Piura[edit]

Puente Bolognesi destruido por las avenidas ocorridas a causa de El Niño en 1998. Piura, Perú
Antiguo puente Bolognesi, destruido por el Fenómeno El Niño
Construcción de la cimentación del puente Bolognesi por el sistema de "Caissons"
Construcción del Caissons escavando a mano en el interior
Proceso de construcción, en taller, de una de las piezas del nuevo puente Bolognesi
Construcción del nuevo puente Bolognesi.
Vista lateral del puente Bolognesi terminado
Entrada al puente

Other[edit]

Puente Sanchez Cerro en proceso de ampliación. Piura. Perú
Derrumbe de una ladera frágil en la fase de construcción de un puente en la seja de selva peruana
Río ICA, cruce con la Ruta Panamericana, aguas abajo de la ciudad. ICA. Perú
Puente en la costa peruana, dañado por las crecidas ocasionadas por el Fenómeno El Niño

Philippines[edit]

Poland[edit]

Ostrołęka[edit]

The Madalinski Bridge over the Narew river
The Madalinski Bridge by night

Tczew[edit]

Bridges on Vistula in Tczew

Toruń[edit]

Józef Piłsudski road bridge in Toruń on Vistula river
Ernest Malinowski railway bridge in Toruń

Gorzów Wielkopolski[edit]

railway bridge on Warta river

Portugal[edit]

Russia[edit]

Combined railway/road lift double-decker bridge in Kaliningrad
Baltic Bridge on Obvodny canal in Saint Petersburg
Iron bridge in village Znamensk in Olast Kaliningrad
Bridge over Ob River, Novosibirsk subway
Selenga River bridge
Molitovsky Bridge above the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod
Bolshoy Krashnokholmsky Bridge, Moscow
Horoshevsky Bridge, Moscow
Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, Moscow
Zhivopisny Bridge, Moscow
Crimea
Crimea

Saudi Arabia[edit]

New cable-stayed bridge in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Serbia[edit]

Belgrade[edit]

Gazela and Ond Sava Bridge
New Railway Bridge
New Railway Bridge

Novi Sad[edit]

Liberty Bridge
Road-Railway Bridge

Slovakia[edit]

Nový most, Bratislava (Completed in 1972, 430,8 m)
Nový most, Bratislava
Apollo Bridge, Bratislava (Completed in 2005, 517 m)
Lafranconi Bridge, Bratislava (Completed in 1991, right - 769,23 m, left - 761,91 m )
Kolonádový most, Piešťany (Completed in 1933, 148 m)
Krajinský most, Piešťany
Považská Bystrica Viaduct (Completed in 2010)
Drevený most Kolárovo
Drevený most Kolárovo
Chmaroška Viaduct, Telgárt
Viaduct near Hanušovce nad Topľou (Completed in 1943, 389,9 m)
Podtureň Viaduct (Completed in 1983, 1.035 m)
Telgárt Viaduct (Completed in 1931, 86,2 m)

Slovenia[edit]

Wooden bridge over Sava River, near Litija, Slovenia
Wooden bridge over Sava River, near Litija, Slovenia
Wooden bridge over Sava River, near Litija, Slovenia
Solkanski Bridge

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Öland bridge
Kramfors
Nya Svinesundsbron
New Svinesund Bridge in build
Old Svinesund Bridge
Järnvägsbro i Lund
Sandö bridge in February
The Oresund Bridge

Switzerland[edit]

Kapellbrücke in Luzern
Kapellbrücke in Luzern
Lavertezzo in Valle Verzasca: Ponte dei Salti.

Taiwan[edit]

Lover Bridge of Tamsui, Taiwan/ taken by lockchou/ 27 June 2004
Lover Bridge of Tamsui, Taiwan/ taken by Liyu/ 7 July 2004
Lover Bridge of Tamsui, Taiwan/ taken by Liyu/ 7 July 2004
ChongYang Bridge in Taipei, Taiwan/ taken by Latinboy/ 29 Nov., 2007
Taipei Bridge in Taipei, Taiwan/ taken by Latinboy/ 22 Nov., 2007

United Kingdom[edit]

England[edit]

North-West England[edit]

M60 New Dunmow Walk - an arch cable supported bridge. Near Manchester on the M60 ringroad

North-east England[edit]

Scarborough Railway Bridge in York, England
Lendal Bridge in York, England
The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge

East England[edit]

Cambridge[edit]

Clare Bridge over the River Cam
Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge

South-east England[edit]

The Orwell Bridge
Medieval Bridge Across the River Medway at Aylesford in Kent

London[edit]

The famous Tower Bridge of London.
Tower Bridge seen from the north bank of the Thames
The Millennium Bridge over the River Thames in London, from Tate Modern. St. Pauls Cathedral on the left
Crossing the Millennium Bridge in London, looking towards the Tate Modern gallery
Lambeth Bridge (upstream side), London, England, 24 April 2004
Hungerford bridge (replaced)

West England[edit]

Pedestrian bridge over the River Windrush at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire

River Severn[edit]

First iron bridge in the world over the River Severn in Ironbridge
The Severn Bridges crossing near the mouth of the River Severn
Thomas Telford's Bewdley Bridge over the River Severn, photographed from Severnside North