Mushroom Bridge

Mushroom Bridge is a race course which first appears in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, as the first track of Flower Cup, and later reappears in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Tour.
== Layout ==
It is known as a famous bridge in the Mushroom Kingdom. The bridge is very ornate and beautiful. It is similar to Mushroom City, only during the day and with fewer buildings. The background music is reused in Mushroom City. This track has traffic consisting of red and blue cars, Bob-omb Cars, Mushroom Cars, buses, trucks, and a Wiggler Bus. The traffic also reappears in Mushroom City. This track returns in Mario Kart DS with many of the shortcuts and alternate routes taken out, due to the system's limitations.
The staff ghost of this course features Koopa Troopa and Koopa Paratroopa riding the Koopa Dasher.
=== Shortcuts ===
Mushroom Bridge has three shortcuts:
* The first one is not much of a shortcut, being right at the beginning of the course on the player's very right. Although it actually slows the racer down, once he or she goes through a pipe at the end of the narrow pathway, the player will come out on the normal road, hitting a Double Item Box (unless that player is playing Time Trial or turn off Item Boxes for VS Mode in the "Options" screen), similar to Peach Beach.
* The second is a little more obvious but requires a Dash Mushroom in order to be a "shortcut", considering the fact that the route is made of dirt. The player will find this dirt road not too long after coming out of the first tunnel. The second part of the shortcut is made of stone, though, which would speed the player up (that is, if he or she went up the road without a Mushroom). After this, the player would end up dropping back onto the normal road, being a little bit ahead of a place that was ahead of the player before. A Mini-Turbo may be required when landing the jump, due to the fact lots of the time jumps can slow karts down.
* The third is not too long after the second tunnel you come out of, and is the hardest one. There are boost pads on the rails of the bridge, but there are not gates, so only the best racers with the best balance can go up there. If the player falls, the best idea would to try and fall on the bridge side and not the side with water.
== In Mario Kart DS ==
This is the final track in the Leaf Cup. As mentioned prior, most of the shortcuts that were in Double Dash!!, like the pipe shortcut and the railways have been removed, as racers can no longer drive on the sides of the bridge. There are also no Wiggler Buses, Mushroom Cars or Bob-omb Cars, and the vehicles that appear here are the same ones found in Shroom Ridge.
Toad in the Mushmellow is the Staff Ghost for this course, and Mario is used for a few missions here, like completing one lap in the opposite direction, as well as a three-lap race against a giant Wiggler.
== In Mario Kart Tour ==
This course returns in Mario Kart Tour, first appearing in the Mii Tour of 2023. It has been heavily updated graphically, to suit said graphics and art style to that of said game, as well as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, like every other remade course in the game, and the shortcuts from the original Double Dash!! that were removed in DS return here as well.
== In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games ==
Mushroom Bridge is featured as the setting for the Groove Pipe Snowboard Dream Event.
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== Gallery ==
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