We just drove through the bridge.
My son asked me, "Where is the bridge"
"We passed through it."
Can the preposition "through" be used on a road?
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My son asked me, "Where is the bridge"
"We passed through it."
Can the preposition "through" be used on a road?
Through, as used in your example, implies a level of contact between a stationary object and a moving object. "We drove through the bridge," indicates the bridge was "blocking" the road somehow and that you pushed through the blockage to the other side.
Roads and bridges generally use over, under, on, and off.
"We drove over the bridge," would mean you crossed the bridge.
"We drove under the bridge," means the bridge was above you and you passed under.
"We drove on the bridge," means some part of your drive included being on a bridge.
"We drove off the bridge," could mean you crossed a bridge and exited at the bridge's end. It would more likely mean you crashed through the bridge's guardrail and crashed into the water below.