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Half-Life 2: Episode One Hints
How can I lower this bridge?
1 of 8: Try using the mechanism that's just to the left of this end of it.
2 of 8: That doesn't work, though.
3 of 8: Apparently there's no actual lever control like there was with similar bridges in the main game.
4 of 8: Do you remember how Barney lowered the bridge connected to his room?
5 of 8: He pulled the crowbar out of the mechanism, which was apparently jamming it into the "bridge up" position.
6 of 8: There's no crowbar in this mechanism, but there is a wooden plank.
7 of 8: You can't pull it out, so break it.
8 of 8: Whack it with the crowbar until it breaks, lowering the bridge.
