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

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).

(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.

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

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.

(chemistry) Any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed amongst two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.

A card game in which four players, forming two partnerships, first bid then play by taking tricks.

plural of bridge-and-tunneler