A temporary system of shuttle buses bypassing a failure, overhaul, or other outage in some other mode of transit (usually rail).

A type of movable bridge that carries a segment of suspended roadway across a river.

A guard railing.

A dental prosthetic replacing a missing tooth by a bridging piece which is glued to the backs of the adjacent teeth (as opposed to an ordinary dental bridge, which is attached by grinding down the adjacent teeth and covering them).

A bridge at which a toll is charged for passage.

(firearms) a sight mount with a strong metal frame between the rings, used on large-caliber rifles to negate the effects of recoil on accuracy.

(physics) A specialized form of a Wheatstone bridge network designed to eliminate the effect of lead and contact resistance and thus permit accurate measurement of low resistances.

(chemistry) A ligand which is bound to more than one metal centre.

A bridge whose deck or roadway is suspended from cables.

(architecture) a bridge in which the horizontal deck is suspended from a reverse catenary to counteract bending