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re: the bridge
Smaug could only do a limited amount of damage by strafing; as with his conquest of Erebor years before, you do the serious damage once you alight and become, in effect, a flamethrowing tank.
Of course, in Tolkienthink I'm sure there was also an echo here of Turin's ill-considered stone bridge over the Narog, which allowed Glaurung direct access to Nargothrond.
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