江河、峡谷、海湾，从古至今，自然天堑是阻碍人们脚步的最大难题，随着社会科技的进步，人们以令人惊叹的理念和技术建造出一座座宏伟壮观的桥梁，不仅连接了两地的交通，更拉近了城市与乡村、国与国之间的距离，沟通了两岸人民的文化、经济和思想，也让不同的宗教和民族，不同的社会之间增进了相互理解和友谊，有时，甚至可以转敌对为和平。我们将在世界范围内选择最具典型意义的桥梁，讲述一个个发生在桥上桥下的故事，从过去到现在，从有形的连接到无形的融合，展现桥梁的神奇魅力和对人类文化历史的深远影响。

The documentary series Bridges visits a selection of bridges from all around the world. Bridges tells their history and their stories, of the lives from past and present that have played out on these structures.In their own unique way these bridges bring together ideas, people, places and continents. They forge the identities of peoples, cities and cultures. They are the creations of great architects, but have also played leading roles in stories of defeat and tragedy. Bridgeswill show the audience vistas and convey feelings that only their makers will have previously experienced.Moving along the cables of a suspension bridge, over the roofs of queuing cars, through the bridge-posts, out to the open sea. This documentary film will combine arresting images with an insight into great feats of engineering and the highly personal stories of those who live for, under and even on these bridges.