SE Haywood County on West Fork of Pigeon River. In a series of falls, water drops between 300 and 400 ft. Named because a bridge crosses the river at the top of the falls.

community in central Stanly County served by post office, 1883-1916.

rises in S Northampton County and flows W into Roanoke River. Appears as Bridges Creek on the Moseley map, 1733. Pulhams Ferry, according to the Collet map, 1770, was operated across the Roanoke River at the mouth of Bridgers Creek. By 1808 and as late as 1833, the ferry was known as Pollock's Ferry, and in 1862 it was known as Devereux's Ferry.

town in E Wilson County. Inc. 1925, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for John F. Bridgers. Post office operated there, 1889-95.

on the Haywood-Transylvania county line.

rises in E Montgomery County and flows NW into Little River.

town in central Craven County. Settled about 1900. Inc. 1907. Named for the bridge across the Neuse River that connected it with New Bern. Alt. 8.

community in W Burke County on the Catawba River. Originally the name of the plantation of John Rutherford, who named it for Francis Egerton (1736-1803), Earl of Bridgewater, inland navigation expert and canal builder.

See Lake James.

former plantation house in W Warren County approx. 3 mi. SW of Warrenton. Two Confederate major generals, Matthew Whitaker Ransom and Robert Ransom, brothers, were born there. Only ruined foundations now mark the site.