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For the command center of a starship, see Bridge.

A human-made suspension bridge connecting two sections of the Uplift Nature Reserve.

A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. More advanced version of a bridge include the energy bridge and the gravity conveyor.

Forerunner

There are multiple bridges that span across canyons on the Halo installations. There are different forms of bridges depending on the location and functionality. The Forerunners built various types of bridges to span large canyons. Many such bridges designed to span large canyons are supported by hard light cables, similar to the supports of a truss arch bridge, attached to structures on each canyon's hedges.^[1]

Forerunner bridges appear in a diversity of designs. Different bridges have been observed as having one, two or three levels. On Installation 04, many bridges featured two levels, with glass floors on both levels. The glass floors on the top level were breakable, allowing one to drop down to the bottom level of the causeway. The bottom levels glass floors featured impenetrable glass. There were also many structures on both levels of the bridge, which could serve as cover during combat.^[1]

In Halo: Combat Evolved, causeway-type bridges appear in the campaign levels Assault on the Control Room and Two Betrayals, and Gephyrophobia in multiplayer. In Halo 3, the multiplayer map Narrows is set on a type of causeway.

Energy bridges

Main article: Energy bridge

Energy bridges are bridges made up of hard light.

In the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign, energy bridges are featured in the levels Halo and 343 Guilty Spark. In the campaign of Halo 3, they appear in the levels The Ark and The Covenant. They are also featured in several Halo Wars levels with a Forerunner setting, including Beachhead and Terminal Moraine.^[2]

Gallery

A human suspension bridge in the Caracalla Park.
Mombasa's iconic suspension bridge.
An example of a Forerunner bridge.
Side view of a Forerunner bridge.
Gephyrophobia on Halo: Combat Evolved for PC.
The energy bridge on Installation 04 in Halo: Combat Evolved.
The energy bridge seen on the level Halo in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
An energy bridge at the entrance to the Ark's Citadel.
The multiplayer map Narrows on Halo 3.
A typical human-built road bridge crossing a canyon near the Szurdok Ridge on Reach.
A deployable bridge in place, transported by a D77-TC Pelican.
A Forerunner stone bridge near the Control Room of Installation 04.
Two narrow bridges on the surface of Installation 04.
The same two narrow bridges in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.