BANBRIDGE, town, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, 23m. S.W. of Belfast on a branch of the Great Northern railway. Pop. of urban district (1926), 4,8J4. To mitigate a steep ascent, a central carriageway, 2ooyd. long, is cut along the main street to a depth of 15ft., the opposite terraces being connected by a bridge. Ban bridge, an entirely modern town, is the principal seat of the linen trade in the county, and has extensive cloth and thread factories, bleachfields and chemical works. A memorial in Church square commemorates Captain Francis Crozier of the Franklin North West Passage expedition.