Often, this is the case with a large bridge that serves as an entrance to a city, or crosses over a main harbor entrance.

The bridge serves to cross the Magdalena River between the Departments of Colombia | Departments of Atlántico Department | Atlántico and Magdalena Department | Magdalena.

In many ways fingerspelling serves as a bridge between the sign language and the oral language that surrounds it.

Systems theory thus serves as a bridge for interdisciplinary dialogue between autonomous areas of study as well as within the area of systems science itself.

Built with black rock and with nine attractive " kamans ( arches )", the bridge also serves as a flood mark ( when the water rises to the level of the road on the bridge ) for the " Waikar " people.

This bridge constructed over a quarter of a century ago, serves as both a railway bridge and as a roadway between the East Godavari and West Godavari Districts.

" He writes, " Magic supplies primitive man with a number of ready-made rituals, acts and beliefs, with a definite mental and practical technique which serves to bridge over the dangerous gaps in every important pursuit or critical situation.

A covered bridge is also prominently featured in the story Never Bet the Devil Your Head, by Edgar Allan Poe and a dilapidated covered bridge serves as a major plot point in the 1988 movie Funny Farm.

BBC West uses a clip of the bridge in their opening titles for their regional news programme BBC Points West which serves the West TV region.

Beside the bridge is Kew Gardens Pier, which serves tourist ferries operating under licence from London River Services.

B & F Dairy Bar serves sandwiches, desserts and drinks just off the trail, west of the covered bridge, on Eastport Road.

1948 saw the construction of a replacement two-lane bridge which still stands today and now serves as a pedestrian crossing between the Riverwalk and the South Tulsa River Parks.

Since the bridge serves 2, 500 vehicles an hour in peak times, any scheme that slows down the process of paying tolls is likely to cause long tailbacks and make the news.

The space serves as an indoor / outdoor sculpture gallery and is connected to the museum's fifth-floor galleries by a glass-enclosed bridge.

New Blue Nile River suspended bridge completed in 2009 by Bridges to Prosperity serves over 250, 000 Ethiopians.

For many applications, especially with single phase AC where the full-wave bridge serves to convert an AC input into a DC output, the addition of a capacitor may be desired because the bridge alone supplies an output of pulsed DC ( see diagram to right ).

The bridge serves as a pedestrian crossing over European route E18.

TIPS also serves as a bridge between the TNP and U. S. law agencies.

In modern terms, one replaces each land mass with an abstract " vertex " or node, and each bridge with an abstract connection, an " edge ", which only serves to record which pair of vertices ( land masses ) is connected by that bridge.

The ACC connects the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins, and serves as a principal pathway of exchange between these basins.

The size of this energy bandgap serves as an arbitrary dividing line ( roughly 4 eV ) between semiconductors and insulators.

Today it also serves as the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, while control of the building is shared between several Christian churches and secular entities in complicated arrangements essentially unchanged for centuries.

The firewall serves as a fire containment wall between one oil-filled transformer and other neighboring transformers, building structures, and site equipment.

It is developing as the gateway from the Black Sea to the Caucasus and the larger Caspian region, but also serves as a buffer between Russia and Turkey.

The president serves as a point of connection between the three branches: he is elected by the lawmakers, he appoints the executive, and is the president of the judiciary.

The Model Penal Code, published by the American Law Institute, provides a standard for legal insanity that serves as a compromise between the strict M ' Naghten Rule, the lenient Durham ruling, and the irresistible impulse test.

Swahili is compulsory in primary education, and, along with English, serves as the main lingua franca between the various ethnic groups.

The city serves as the nation's cultural and learning centre, situated above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River.

RapidKL serves the buses between Kuala Lumpur by trunk bus < span style =" color: blue "> U40 </ span >: Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad-Pudu LRT-Maluri LRT-Terminal Bas Kajang via Jalan Cheras-Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad < span style =" color: blue ">, U41 </ span >: Terminal Jln Sultan Mohamad-Serdang KTM Komuter-Jusco Cheras Selatan-Bdr Mahkota Cheras-Jusco Mahkota Cheras-Bdr Sg Long-Terminal Jln Sultan Mohamad and region bus < span style =" color: green ">, T430 </ span >: Pekan Kajang-Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ( UKM )-Pekan Kajang < span style =" color: green "> and T431 </ span >: Terminal Bas Kajang-MARA Polytech-Terminal Bas Kajang.

The eastern border with Vietnam extends for 2, 130 kilometers, mostly along the crest of the Annamite Chain, and serves as a physical barrier between the Chinese-influenced culture of Vietnam and the Indianized states of Laos and Thailand.

For example, Metro Transit Route 12 in Minneapolis, to aid commute times for downtown workers, will during peak hours operate as non-stop for approximately 8 blocks between Franklin Avenue and Uptown Transit Station, when normally the route serves all stops along that section.

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

The Forum serves as a communication platform between the space sector and the public ; it is embedded in a global network of specialists from the space industry, research and policy.

* Medium ( spirituality ), a person who serves as an intermediary between the physical world and the spiritual world

The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the boundary between North Korea and South Korea.

The Consultative Assembly serves as a conduit of information between the people and the government ministries.

Where the river serves as a boundary between states today, Congress designated the entire river to belong to the states on the east and south, i. e., West Virginia and Kentucky at the time of admission to the Union, that were divided from Virginia.

The Grand Canal is the world's longest canal at and serves 17 cities between Beijing and Hangzhou.

The secretariat of the committee serves as the principal link between the service headquarters and the Ministry of Defence in addition to coordinating matters between the services.

However, since the mid-1980s, as part of a joint effort between the cruise ship industry that serves Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican politicians such as then Resident Commissioner, U. S. non-voting Representative Baltasar Corrada del Río, obtained a limited-exception since no U. S. cruise ships that were Jones Act-eligible were participating in said market.

* A duplexer that serves as a switch between the antenna and the transmitter or the receiver for the signal when the antenna is used in both situations.