bridge gang

noun3

1. •
   A crew tasked with building, repairing and/or maintaining railway bridges.

   • He passed the bridge gang, hard at work strengthening the piers on one of the trestles over the Roaring Fork. — 2003
2. •
   A group of people who regularly gather to play bridge (card game).

   • I remember as a girl watching Celeste and her bridge gang sneak gin in the afternoons. — 1978
3. •
   The crew working on the bridge of a ship.

   • “I thought you were going aft,” Keefer shouted peevishly, his form dim in the smoke. He and the bridge gang were putting on life jackets. — 1951