A bridge can play many roles in art, such as a work of art in itself in addition to any functional considerations; as a focal point for a novel or film; as a metaphor in song or poetry; as the subject of a painting or photograph; or as a home for other works of art, such as sculptures.
Rendering of proposed new eastern span for San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, designed for more than mere functionality and becoming quite costly to build
In Morning on the River, by Jonas Lie (1911-12), the Brooklyn Bridge adds depth through both perspective and atmospherics and its diagonal visual mass is compositionally balanced by the dock and building
Claude Monet's The Waterlily Pond, green harmony, c. 1899