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Bridge over the river or bridge on the river which is correct grammar usage

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  • Or under or around or into or from or *onto or through or... All grammatically correct. Why do you think they might not be?
    – Drew
    Nov 25, 2015 at 23:51

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If you ask Vanguard Press, it's "over." They published the English version of Pierre Boulle's Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai as The Bridge over the River Kwai. If you ask David Lean, it's "on." He directed the film adaptation of Boulle's novel as The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Both prepositions are idiomatic in this usage, but both the google on the web and the Ngram viewer show that "over" is favored.

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