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==Origin==

==Origin==

Common Germanic: Old English brycg ([[feminine]]), identical with Old Frisian brigge, bregge, (Middle Low German brugge, Middle Dutch brugghe, Dutch brug), Old High German brucca (Middle High German, modern German brücke) < Germanic *brugjâ-. The corresponding Old Norse bryggja has the sense ‘landing-stage, gangway, movable pier’; the Old Norse [[word]] for ‘bridge’ being brú ([[feminine]]) (Danish bro, Swedish bro). As in other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[words]] in -cg, the northern [[dialect]] has retained hard /g/ against the palatalized /dʒ/ of the south.

Common Germanic: Old English brycg ([[feminine]]), identical with Old Frisian brigge, bregge, (Middle Low German brugge, Middle Dutch brugghe, Dutch brug), Old High German brucca (Middle High German, modern German brücke) < Germanic *brugjâ-. The corresponding Old Norse bryggja has the sense ‘landing-stage, gangway, movable pier’; the Old Norse [[word]] for ‘bridge’ being brú ([[feminine]]) (Danish bro, Swedish bro). As in other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[words]] in -cg, the northern [[dialect]] has retained hard /g/ against the palatalized /dʒ/ of the south.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : a [[structure]] carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle  

*1a : a [[structure]] carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle  

A '''bridge''' is a structure built to span [[physical]] obstacles such as a [[body]] of [[water]], valley, or road, for the [[purpose]] of providing passage over the obstacle. [[Designs]] of bridges vary depending on the [[function]] of the bridge, the [[nature]] of the terrain where the bridge is constructed, the [[material]] used to make it and the funds available to build it.

A '''bridge''' is a structure built to span [[physical]] obstacles such as a [[body]] of [[water]], valley, or road, for the [[purpose]] of providing passage over the obstacle. [[Designs]] of bridges vary depending on the [[function]] of the bridge, the [[nature]] of the terrain where the bridge is constructed, the [[material]] used to make it and the funds available to build it.

The first bridges were made by [[nature]] itself — as simple as a log fallen across a [[stream]] or stones in the [[river]]. The first bridges made by [[humans]] were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks and [[eventually]] stones, using a simple [[support]] and crossbeam arrangement. Some early Americans used trees or bamboo poles to cross small [[caverns]] or wells to get from one place to another. A common form of lashing sticks, logs, and deciduous branches together involved the use of long reeds or other [[harvest]]ed fibers woven together to form a connective rope which was capable of binding and holding in place [[materials]] used in early bridges.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge]

The first bridges were made by [[nature]] itself — as simple as a log fallen across a [[stream]] or stones in the [[river]]. The first bridges made by [[humans]] were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks and [[eventually]] stones, using a simple [[support]] and crossbeam arrangement. Some early Americans used trees or bamboo poles to cross small [[caverns]] or wells to get from one place to another. A common form of lashing sticks, logs, and deciduous branches together involved the use of long reeds or other [[harvest]]ed fibers woven together to form a connective rope which was capable of binding and holding in place [[materials]] used in early bridges.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge]

[[Category: Architecture]]

[[Category: Architecture]]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]