Your pictures on the theme of 'bridges'

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We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of 'bridges'. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Image source, Bruce Carrington
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Bruce Carrington: "Once dubbed 'the coffin bridge', this ancient river crossing in the Cairngorms gave funeral processions in Carrbridge[, Inverness,] access to the church when the river was in spate."

Image source, Rob Goldsmith
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Rob Goldsmith: "One of our resident red squirrels here on Anglesey, using the branches as bridges through the treetops. They only exist here due to the hard work of volunteers who make the island a no-go zone for grey squirrels."

Image source, Dennis Clarke
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Dennis Clarke: "Looking south from the top of the Forth Bridge."

Image source, Steve Farrand
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Steve Farrand: "My son attempts to cross the Mississippi on this stepping stone bridge - located as the river outflows from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to begin its 2,500-mile [4,000km] journey south."

Image source, Jenny Griffiths
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Jenny Griffiths: "One of my favourite parts of London Zoo is watching the ants ferry leaf cuttings and tasty goodies back and forth over their rope bridge."

Image source, Edward Lee
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Edward Lee: "Rocket and Sapphire keeping their paws dry, on a favourite walk on the Black Mountain, in south-west France."

Image source, Andrew Wardman
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Andrew Wardman: "Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, under highly unusual weather."

Image source, Ian White
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Ian White: "Most people only view this bridge when stuck in the daily commute to work - but it is beautiful beneath where the River Thames flows."

Image source, Dan Odette
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Dan Odette: "On the National Register of Historic Places, the San Rafael Swinging Bridge was built in rural Utah, in the 1930s, for automobile traffic."

Image source, Ashley Shelton:
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Ashley Shelton: "Steel icon of the Tees, Middlesbrough transporter bridge."

Image source, Iain Shaw
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Iain Shaw: "The footbridge over the tracks at Darlington station is a little bit of [film director Stanley] Kubrick in an unexpected place. Snapped on my phone on the way to evening class at the college."

Image source, Norman Worthington
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Norman Worthington: "A bridge builder checking bolts on connecting plates of the Lea Viaduct, part of the Western Distributor Road at Preston, Lancashire."

Image source, Stewart Cooke
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Stewart Cooke: "Looking directly up at these suspension cables gives the appearance of a giant mechanical insect. Puente del Alamillo, Seville."

Image source, Marc Biefnot
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Marc Biefnot: "Long Biên bridge crosses the Red River in Hanoi. It is a reminder of the French colonial heritage in the Vietnamese capital. Designed by Gustave Eiffel, in 1901, and partly bombed by the USAF [United States Air Force], it is still standing."

Image source, Andy Hewson
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Andy Hewson: "The London train crossing the River Wharfe, North Yorkshire, in the early morning."

Image source, Smadar Gabbay
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Smadar Gabbay: "A stroll over the bridge in Lefkada, Greece, at dusk."

Image source, Colin Evans
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Colin Evans: "Bridge over disused railway through Old Burghclere, Hampshire."

Image source, Lindsay Malone
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Lindsay Malone: "Suffice to say when coming across this bridge across a ravine in Sri Lanka, none of us was brave enough to cross."

Image source, Lizzy Meadows
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Lizzy Meadows: "I was canoeing on the Severn. Took my camera out just in time to catch the train."

Image source, Andrew Wolfenden
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Andrew Wolfenden: "These are koto (Japanese harp) bridges. They are called ji. I think they bridge the gap between Japanese history and culture."

Image source, Anindya Phani
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Anindya Phani: "The photo was taken in a remote village of the Himalayan region. The end of the bridge was covered with dense fog, just like a fantasy world."

Image source, Peter Norris
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Peter Norris: "Viewed from the footpath beside the river Landwasser and carrying the Rhaetian Railway near Filisur, in western Switzerland."

Image source, Andrew Martin
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Andrew Martin: "Isambard Kingdom Brunel described the Clifton Suspension Bridge as 'my first love, my darling'. Sadly, he never lived to see it finished."

The next theme is "waterfalls" and the deadline for entries is 13 June 2023.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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