Bridge of Khazad-dûm

The Bridge of Khazad-dûm, also known as Durin's Bridge, traversed an enormous delved pit of Khazad-dûm.
The Bridge was located nearby the East-gate of Moria, fifty feet long, narrow with no railing, and curved slightly upward at the center. It was an ancient defense against any enemy who might get past the East-gate and capture the First Hall and outer passages; walkers on the bridge could only cross it in single-file.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Moria"
== History ==
On January 15, 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring came to the Bridge of Khazad-dûm pursued by Orcs and a Balrog of Morgoth. Gandalf stopped on the Bridge, standing in the middle of the span, allowing the others to escape. He leaned on the staff in his left hand and held the sword Glamdring, gleaming cold and white, in his right. The Balrog stepped onto the Bridge, facing Gandalf, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings. It raised its whip, and the thongs whined and cracked. Fire came from its nostrils. But Gandalf stood firm and declared that the Balrog could not pass. They fought, and the Balrog's sword was destroyed. Then the Balrog leaped full upon the Bridge, and Gandalf lifted his staff and smote it upon the bridge directly over the keystone. His staff shattered, but the Bridge cracked at the Balrog's feet. The stone broke and fell, taking the Balrog with it into the abyss, but the thongs of its whip snared Gandalf about his knees, and he too plummeted with the Balrog into the depths of the mountain. Gandalf had cried to the Fellowship, "Fly, you fools!", and was gone.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter V: "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" It is unknown whether the Bridge was later rebuilt.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Brug van Khazad-dûm
Albanian 	Ura e Khazad-dûm
Amharic 	ኽሃዛድ፡ዱም መካከል ድልድይ
Arabic 	جسر خزاد-دوم
Armenian 	Կամուրջ Խազադ-դւմ
Azerbaijani 	Khazad-dûm körpü
Basque 	Khazad-dûm zubia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Мост Khazad-dûm
Bengali 	খাহ্জাদ-দুম সেতু
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	на моста на Хазад-дум
Catalan 	Pont de Khazad-dûm
Cebuano 	Tulay sa Khazad-dûm
Chichewa 	Mlatho wa Khazad-dûm
Corsican 	Libri di Khazad-dûm
Croatian 	Most Khazad-duma
Czech 	Most Khazad-dûm
Danish 	Broen ved Khazad-dûm
Dutch 	Brug van Khazad-dûm
Esperanto 	Ponto de Khazad-dûm
Estonian 	Khazad-dûmi sild
Faroese 	Brúgv av Khazad-dûm
Finnish 	Khazad-dûmin silta
Filipino 	Tulay ng Khazad-dûm
French 	Pont de Khazad-dûm
Frisian 	Brêge fan Khazad-dûm (Western) Khazad-dûm Brääch (Saterland)
Galician 	Ponte do Khazad-dûm
Georgian 	ხჰაზად-დუმ ხიდი
German 	Brücke von Khazad-dûm
Greek 	Γεφύρι της Χαζαδ-δυμ
Gujarati 	ક્હઝદ્-દુમ ના બ્રિજ
Haitian Creole 	Pon de Khazad-dûm
Hausa 	Gada na Khazad-dûm
Hawaiian 	Alahaka o Khazad-dûm
Hebrew 	גשר קהזד-דום
Hindi 	खजद-दुम का पुल
Hmong 	Choj ntawm Khazad-dûm
Hungarian 	Khazad-dûm-hídja
Icelandic 	Khazad-dûm-brúin
Indonesian 	Jembatan Khazad-dûm
Irish Gaelic 	Drochaid Khazad-dûm
Italian 	Ponte di Khazad-dûm
Japanese 	カザド＝ドゥーム橋
Javanese 	Kreteg Khazad-dûm
Kannada 	ಖಾಝಡ್-ಡುಂ ಸೇತುವೆ
Kazakh 	Кһазад-дoм көпірі (Cyrillic) Khazad-dom köpiri (Latin)
Korean 	크하잣둠의 다리
Kurdish 	Pira Khazad-dûm (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Кhазад-дум көпүрө
Latin 	Khazad-dûm de ponte
Latvian 	Tilts no Khazad-dum
Lithuanian 	Tiltas Khazad-dûm
Lombard 	Put de Khazad-dûm (Eastern)
Luxembourgish 	Bréck vu Khazad-dûm
Macedonian Cyrillic	Мостот на Кхазад-дум
Malagasy 	Tetezana ny Khazad-dûm
Malaysian 	Jambatan Khazad-dûm
Malayalam 	ഖജദ്-ഡും എന്ന പാലം
Maltese 	Pont ta 'Khazad-dûm
Maori 	Piriti o Khazad-dûm
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Кhазад-дум гүүр
Nepalese 	क्हज़द्-दउम पुल
Norwegian 	Broen av Khazad-dûm
Pashto 	د پل خهازاد-دوم
Persian 	پل خهازادءدوم
Polish 	Most Khazad-dûmu
Portuguese 	Ponte de Khazad-dûm
Romanian 	Podul de Khazad-dûm
Romansh 	Khazad-dûm Punt
Russian 	Мост Хазад-дûм
Samoan 	Alalaupapa o Khazad-dûm
Scots 	Brig o Khazad-dûm
Scottish Gaelic 	Drochaid Khazad-Dum
Serbian 	Мост Кхазад-Дум (Cyrillic) Most Khazad-dûm (Latin)
Sesotho 	Borokho ba Khazad-dûm
Shona 	Bhiriji pamusoro Khazad-dûm
Sicilian 	Ponti di Khazad-dûm
Sinhalese 	ඛජද්-දුම් පාලම
Slovak 	Most Khazad-dûm
Slovenian 	Most Khazad-dûm
Somalian 	Buundada ee Khazad-dûm
Spanish 	Puente de Khazad-dûm
Sundanese 	Sasak Khazad-dûm
Swahili 	Daraja la Khazad-dûm
Swedish 	Bron vid Khazad-Dûm - from Tolkiens Arda (a Swedish Tolkien Society)
Tajik Cyrillic 	Пулҳо аз Кҳазад-дум
Tamil 	காசட்-தும் பாலம்
Telugu 	ఖాజాద్-డం వంతెన
Thai 	สะพานคาซัด-ดูม
Turkish 	Khazad-dûm Köprüsü
Turkmen 	Khazad-dûm Köpri
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Міст Кгазад-дум
Urdu 	پل خهازادءدوم
Uzbek 	Кҳазад-дум кўприк (Cyrillic) Khazad-dûm ko'prik (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cầu Khazad-dûm
Welsh 	Pont Khazad-dûm
Yiddish 	בריק פון כאַזאַד-דומ
Yoruba 	Afara ti Khazad-dûm
Zazaki 	Khazad-dûm Pırd
== References ==
Category:Bridges
Category:Moria
Category:Cliffs and Ravines
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