Bridge of Eldin

The Bridge of Eldin is a location in the, appearing in Twilight Princess and Link's Crossbow Training.

Twilight Princess
In Twilight Princess, the Bridge of Eldin is a bridge found north of Kakariko Village. It crosses a deep gorge where Zora's River runs through, essentially connecting the Eldin Province to a path leading to the Lanayru Province. It also serves as the main access road to the Hidden Village.

After King Bulblin suddenly kidnaps Colin from Kakariko Village, he makes his way to the Bridge of Eldin, with Link in pursuit. Here, the two engage in horseback combat in which Link comes out victorious and ends up rescuing Colin from the Bulblin's grasp. Once the young hero clears the Goron Mines and goes past this bridge in way to the next province, a significant portion of the bridge is removed by Zant's Shadow Beasts, thus blocking the path. Defeating the beasts causes for a Twilight Portal to be created, but it cannot be used due to the bridge's removal.

Link eventually finds what appears to be the removed section of the Bridge of Eldin in the western part of the Gerudo Desert, right on the Gerudo Mesa. With the aid of Midna, the young hero warps back to the area where the bridge of Eldin was removed. However, if Link did not defeat the Shadow Beasts that appeared after the bridge was removed, the portal will not appear and thus they will be unable to warp the missing section of the bridge. Once the portal is created, Midna will place the section back where it belongs, allowing Link to cross the bridge again.

Once Link receives the Ancient Sky Book from Shad, he will have to return to the Bridge of Eldin in order to receive a Sky Character from the Owl Statue situated in the northern section of the bridge. Moreover, by transporting the statue to the other side of the bridge and situating it exactly below a certain ledge will allow Link to jump over and obtain a Piece of Heart.

A male Golden Phasmid can also be found in the northern portion of the Bridge of Eldin.

Link's Crossbow Training
The Bridge of Eldin appears as a Defender Mode scenario in Stage 6 of Link's Crossbow Training. Link is chased by Bokoblins, some riding on bullbos and firing flaming arrows. Kargaroks and Bokoblins will also be found chasing Link. Link's mission is basically to cross the bridge, similiar to the caravan sidequest in Twilight Princess.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Bridge of Eldin is featured as a stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The stage is totally flat, similar to Final Destination, but its ends extend beyond the left and right boundaries, making it possible to walk off the stage to a KO. This normally leaves no way to be KOed by a fall, but every once in a while, King Bulblin will ride across the stage on Lord Bullbo and blast open a gap in the bridge with an explosive barrel. After some time, the missing portion of the bridge will be restored via a Twilight Portal. In the Event Match "Dark Link Duel," Dark Link is fought on this stage. In addition, along with Pirate Ship, it is one of two stages where the player can fight any one of the characters from the Legend of Zelda series in the first fight of Classic Mode.

Music
The following lists the music that appears in the Bridge of Eldin stage.
 * Legend of Zelda Main Theme
 * Ocarina of Time Medley
 * Title Theme
 * The Dark World
 * The Hidden Mountains & Forests
 * Hyrule Field
 * Main Theme (Twilight Princess) (Original version)
 * The Hidden Village (Original version)
 * Midna’s Lament (Original version)

Trivia

 * When Link first takes a boat ride from Zora's River to Lake Hylia, the Bridge of Eldin can be seen above at one point (if it has not yet been repaired, then one can tell that it is the Bridge of Eldin because its piece is still missing). This would explain how King Bulblin survived his fall off the bridge.
 * During the Horseback portion of the battle against Ganondorf, the bridge will appear destroyed regardless of whether or not it was repaired.
 * In some versions of Twilight Princess, there is a glitch which prevents Link from advancing to the Lanayru Province. If the player saves and quits after the bridge has been destroyed, but before entering the Twilight, Link will reload on the south side of the bridge, and cannot go any further, thus making the game unbeatable. Thus, the player must not save until they have entered the Twilight.