A forming tool for pressure forming of a connector bridge, which is attached at the ends thereof to workpiece parts (18, 19, 20, 21, 22) and which connects the workpiece parts (18, 19, 20, 21, 22) to each other, which workpiece parts (18, 19, 20, 21, 22) are processing products of a separating processing of a plate-like workpiece, in particular a metal sheet, and each have a separating surface, in the transverse direction of which the connector bridge extends, • having two tool parts which are assigned to opposite sides of the connector bridge during pressure forming of the connector bridge and which are movable relative to one another along a stroke axis which extends in the transverse direction of the connector bridge during pressure forming of the connector bridge, • wherein a first of the tool parts has a forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) which at least partially forms a free end of the first tool part, • wherein the second tool part has a bearing surface for the connector bridge which bearing surface extends in the transverse direction of the stroke axis and faces the free end of the first tool part, and • wherein the two tool parts are movable towards each other along the stroke axis with a processing stroke into a stroke end position in which the forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) of the first tool part and the bearing surface of the second tool part are spaced apart from each other along the stroke axis by a distance, which during pressure forming of the connector bridge is smaller than the extension of the connector bridge to be formed along the stroke axis and in which stroke end position the connector bridge during pressure forming is supported on the bearing surface of the second tool part, • wherein the bearing surface of the second tool part is formed as a continuous plane surface and, during pressure forming of the connector bridge, is located opposite the forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) of the first tool part along the stroke axis with a surface region which is aligned with the remaining bearing surface of the second tool part in the transverse direction of the stroke axis, and • wherein the first tool part has a projection (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49) which extends along the stroke axis towards the second tool part and by means of which the two tool parts moved into the stroke end position are supported on one another, bypassing the connector bridge along the stroke axis, in that the first tool part is of a portal-like shape comprising portal columns forming the projection (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49) and further comprising the forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) arranged between the portal columns, wherein the first tool part engages over the connector bridge in a portal-like manner during the pressure forming of the connector bridge and, when the two tool parts are in their stroke end position, rests with the portal supports on the second tool part laterally beside the connector bridge. • having two tool parts which are assigned to opposite sides of the connector bridge during pressure forming of the connector bridge and which are movable relative to one another along a stroke axis which extends in the transverse direction of the connector bridge during pressure forming of the connector bridge, • wherein a first of the tool parts has a forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) which at least partially forms a free end of the first tool part, • wherein the second tool part has a bearing surface for the connector bridge which bearing surface extends in the transverse direction of the stroke axis and faces the free end of the first tool part, and • wherein the two tool parts are movable towards each other along the stroke axis with a processing stroke into a stroke end position in which the forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) of the first tool part and the bearing surface of the second tool part are spaced apart from each other along the stroke axis by a distance, which during pressure forming of the connector bridge is smaller than the extension of the connector bridge to be formed along the stroke axis and in which stroke end position the connector bridge during pressure forming is supported on the bearing surface of the second tool part, • wherein the bearing surface of the second tool part is formed as a continuous plane surface and, during pressure forming of the connector bridge, is located opposite the forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) of the first tool part along the stroke axis with a surface region which is aligned with the remaining bearing surface of the second tool part in the transverse direction of the stroke axis, and • wherein the first tool part has a projection (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49) which extends along the stroke axis towards the second tool part and by means of which the two tool parts moved into the stroke end position are supported on one another, bypassing the connector bridge along the stroke axis, in that the first tool part is of a portal-like shape comprising portal columns forming the projection (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49) and further comprising the forming means (24/6, 24/7, 24/8) arranged between the portal columns, wherein the first tool part engages over the connector bridge in a portal-like manner during the pressure forming of the connector bridge and, when the two tool parts are in their stroke end position, rests with the portal supports on the second tool part laterally beside the connector bridge.