King Cristian X Bridge over the Als Sund between the island of Als and mainland in Sonderborg (Denmark)

"Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language."

Helena Christensen

Jungfern Brucke (Virgins Bridge) over the River Spree Canal in Berlin (Germany)

There was a custom that the bride had to cross the bridge before the wedding. If the bridge creaked, the lady's virginity was probably not in good condition.

Legend of this bridge from 

which it owes its name.

100th Anniversary of Poland's Independence Bridge over the Martwa Wisla (Dead Vistula) river in Sobieszewo, Pomerania (Poland)

Sobieszewska Island has a new bridge.The need to build it has been talked about for many years. The old pontoon crossing had been here since 1976 and made life difficult not only for residents, but also for tourists. The corroded, damaged structure required repair and the bridge was often closed.

Wyborcza Gazeta, 1st January 2019

Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London (United Kingdom)

London, dodging the rain with broken umbrellas
London, readind the Times on Saturday picnics
London, counting stars 'till the stars
All were gone

London, so many plans and nothing but time in
London, nothing to fear 'cause nothing could last in London, we grew close we grew scared
I moved on

Exceprt from London,

song by Manilow

Pamban Bridge between Pamban Island and Mandapam, Tamil Nadu (India)

Rail traffic on old Pamban bridge permanently stopped. Southern Railway has permanently stopped rail traffic on the old Pamban rail bridge owing to “safety concerns” regarding the stability of the century-old bridge...“Repairing the exiting bridge, where the corrosion is at a very high level, will take several months. With the new Pamban rail bridge likely to be ready by July, we have planned to short terminate trains at Mandapam railway station”Mr. Ananth said.

The Hindu, 03 February 2023 

Bridge of the Eastern Gate over a canal in Delft (Netherlands)

If light falls here, it's under a sky

of lead, false glow, late in the day.
Wish I could take the city, set myself up
in the stone circle in the marketplace, and drink
the blooded shadow of town hall
Get your head examined. I pound on the walls;
they go up in dust like ash in a stove in the morning,
as if I exist. Out of the canals rises
a wall of caustic water. Here's where it was,
here's where I sighed for the open polder and fell against
an icy structure. Here's where you trade the trip
for the tight home corner.

Poem by Anna Enquist about Delft

Kilbourn Avenue Bridge over the Milwaukee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)

 We walked over the bridge in Milwaukee
Past the statues of Fonz and the duck
With the wind kicking in and the sparrows all running amok
And that woman, your friend who was pregnant
Put your hand on her belly for luck
And I laughed 'cause it's you and I knew that you knew you were stuck. You can tell
By your laugh in the dark at the sound of the bell
You can tell

Lyrics from Milwaukee

The Both

Bridge of Katerveerluize over the Willemsvaart canal in Zwolle (Netherlands)

Every weekend we go via Harderwijk with the NS in the direction of Zwolle
And then we cross the IJssel after the Treisberg near Oldeneel

From there we see it, the Peperbus, those beautiful late Gothic spheres

There he is Zwolle and my heart starts to cheer in my thick throat from The Hague

Lyrics from Zwolle Zonder Dolle

Van Kooten & De Bie

Palace Bridge crossing the Neva River in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

 
"Saint Petersburg represents a unique artistic achievement in the ambition of the program, the coherency of the plan and the speed of execution. From 1703 to 1725, Peter the Great lifted from a landscape of marshes, peat bogs and rocks, architectural styles in stone and marble for a capital, Saint Petersburg, which he wished to be the most beautiful city in all of Europe."

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg

as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Drawbridge over the Dziwna channel in Dziwnow, Western Pomerania (Poland)

Szczecin - the city of ports and dreamers
A city of highwaymen and petty thieves
The city of shipbuilders and taxi drivers
The city of drug addicts and the wives of sailors
There is a Port Gate like Plac Pigalle
You tear what you want if you have money
The guys at the gate are drinking wine for breakfast
And their beautiful brides are standing under the "Derby"
It's a beautiful place!
We have been here and we will always be!

Lyrics from Szczecin

Analog

Pelserbrug over the canal Thorbeckegracht in Zwolle (Netherlands)

Toen naderde de trein de brug, en uit
een halve droom schoot ik ten halve wakker;
wat laatste druppels waaiden van de ruit.

Then the train approached the bridge, 

and went out

I half woke a half dream;

some last drops were blowing from the window.

Koos Geerds, poet from Zwolle

Van Gogh Bridge over the canal d'Arles in Bouc, Bouches du Rhone (France)

"The Zouaves, the brothels, the adorable little Arlesiennes going to their First Communion, the priest in his surplice, who looks like a dangerous rhinoceros, the people drinking absinthe, all seem to me creatures from another world."

Vincent Van Gogh,

about his stay in Arles
origin of this bridge

Church Lift Bridge over the Llangollen Canal near Wrenbury (United Kingdom)

In the fields and the lanes again!

There's a bird that sings in my ear

Messages, messages;

The green cool song that I long to hear.

It pipes to me out of a tree

Messages, messages;

This is the voice of the sunshine,

This is the voice of grass and the trees.

It is the joy of Earth

Out of the heaven of the trees:

The voice of a bird in the sunshine singing me

Messages, messages. 

Poem In the Vale of Llangollen

Arthur Symons

Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London (United Kingdom)

Nelson's on his column
Ravens are in the Tower
Big Ben never lost his voice
Chimes on every hour
And the fog still rolls off the River Thames
The forecast calls for rain
London Bridge ain't falling down
And some things never change

Across the Thames

Song by Elton John

Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) over the Amstel River in Amsterdam (Netherlands)

"Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town"

James Weldon Johnson

Dvortsoviy Most (Palace Bridge) over the Neva River in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

How can you bear to view the Neva,
How can you bear to cross its bridges? ...
No surprise I’m marked for sadness,
Since that vision of you appeared.
Sharp, the black angels’ wings,
Soon, the judgement day;
And raspberry-coloured bonfires blossom
Like roses, in the snow.

Anna Akhmatova

Troitsky Most (Trinity Bridge) across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

“There are few places where there are so many gloomy, strong and queer influences on the soul of man as in Saint Petersburg.“

  

From Crime and Punishment

Fedor Dostoievsky

Palace Bridge over the Neva River in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

On palace, temple, spire,
The morn’s descending fire
In thousand sparkles o’er the city fell:
Life’s rising murmur drowned
The Neva where he wound
Between his isles: he keeps his secret well

The Neva

Bayard Taylor

Inner Harbour Bridge in Torquay, Devon (United Kingdom)

Torquay, with its pier and its diadem of white,
Is a moat beautiful and very dazzling sight,
With its white villas glittering on the sides of its green hills,
And as the tourist gases thereon with joy his heart fills.

From the poem Beautiful Torquay 

William T. McGonagall

Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London (United Kingdom)

PROUD and lowly, beggar and lord,
Over the bridge they go;
Rags and velvet, fetter and sword,
Poverty, pomp, and woe.
Laughing, weeping, hurrying ever,
Hour by hour they crowd along,
While, below, the mighty river
Sings them all a mocking song.
Hurry along, sorrow and song,
All is vanity ’neath the sun;
Velvet and rags, so the world wags,
Until the river no more shall run.

London Bridge
Frederic Edward Weatherly