The Bridge last won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship in 1971, although they are no longer a senior championship side.

It first appeared that Bridges, who originally was a back-up contestant, had actually won her event.

Several polls during the campaign indicated that Bridges would win the seat by a large margin.

In Sweden, The Bridge won its timeslot for the first five episodes against weak competition from Hawaii Five-0 on TV4.

The Bridge on the River Kwai won seven Oscars:

Bridges previously won an Oscar for his portrayal of a country music singer-songwriter.

The Bridge So Far: A Suspense Story, won a best-documentary Emmy.

Andrić's novel The Bridge on the Drina won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.

Bridges won the school's first two Southwest Conference championships, in 1922 and 1924.