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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001571049-16-013985
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160418

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRIDGE BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000846617
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				112934195
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 MONTAUK HGWAY
		CITY:			BRIDGEHAMPTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11932
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6315371000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 3005
		CITY:			BRIDGEHAMPTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11932
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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">LUSE GORMAN, PC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Attorneys
at Law</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 780</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20015</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">TELEPHONE (202) 274-2000</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>www.luselaw.com</B></P>

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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>(202) 274-2001</b></font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>jgorman@luselaw.com</b></font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">April 18, 2016</P>

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EDGAR</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Attn: Christian Windsor</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><b>Re:</b></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><b>Bridge Bancorp, Inc.</b></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><b>&nbsp;</b></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><b><u>Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-210245)</u></b></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Dear Mr. Windsor:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On behalf of Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
and in accordance with Rule 101 of Regulation S-T, we are hereby transmitting the Company&rsquo;s responses to the comments provided
in the Staff&rsquo;s letter dated April 8, 2016 (the &ldquo;Comment Letter&rdquo;). The Company is also filing Pre-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (&ldquo;Amendment No. 1&rdquo;) to file changes made in response
to the Comment Letter.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; background-color: transparent"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B><U>Description
of the Securities</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; background-color: transparent"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B><U>Description
of Debt Securities</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; background-color: transparent"><B><U>Terms
of Each Series of Debt Securities Provided in the Prospectus Supplement, page 6</U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>1.</B></TD><TD><B>We note your disclosure on page 6 that the terms of a series of debt securities to be offered may include convertibility
of the debt securities into other securities of yours &ldquo;or another issuer.&rdquo; We further note that Section 301(18) in
both the form of indenture governing the senior debt securities and the form of indenture governing the subordinated debt securities
suggests that the debt securities may be convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities of an unaffiliated issuer. Please provide
us with your analysis as to how you will register the offer of securities of an issuer other than Bridge Bancorp, Inc., or provide
an analysis of the exemption you expect to rely on to offer securities that may settle in securities of another issuer. Also, please
tell us what information you will provide about the third-party issuer and how you </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Mr. Christian Windsor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">April 18, 2016</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Page 2</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><B>concluded that the information would be sufficient.
For guidance, see Section 203.03 of the Division&rsquo;s Securities Act Sections Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, available
on our website, and the Morgan Stanley &amp; Co., Incorporated No-Action Letter (June 24, 1996). Alternatively, if you do not wish
to offer third-party securities underlying debt securities, please remove the reference from your prospectus. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; background-color: transparent">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; background-color: transparent">Included
in Amendment No. 1 is a revised prospectus with the reference to the possible issuance of debt securities that are convertible
into securities of another issuer removed. We have also removed similar references in Section 3.01(18) of the Indenture for Senior
Debt Securities and Section 3.01(18) of the Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0in; background-color: transparent"><B><U>Description
of Depositary Shares, page 14 </U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>2.</B></TD><TD><B>We note that if you issue depositary shares, you will deposit fractional shares with a depositary. The depositary will then
issue receipts which will entitle the security holder to a fractional interest in the deposited securities. Please tell us whether
you believe the receipts themselves will be securities separate from the deposited securities. If the receipts are separate securities,
please tell us who you believe is the issuer of those securities. If the issuer of the receipts will be an entity other than Bridge
Bancorp, Inc., please tell us how that issuer will register the offer of the receipts. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; background-color: transparent">If the
Company issues depositary shares, it will first deposit whole shares of preferred stock with a depositary. The Company will then
issue to the public receipts, which we call &ldquo;depositary shares&rdquo; or &ldquo;depositary receipts,&rdquo; which will represent
a fractional interest in a share of a particular series of preferred stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; background-color: transparent">We believe
that the receipts will constitute separate securities and that the Company will be the issuer of those securities. The Company
is registering these securities under this Form S-3, i.e. the Depositary Shares. We have revised the section of the Prospectus
entitled &ldquo;Description of Depositary Shares&rdquo; to clarify that the depositary shares are separate securities from the
preferred shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0in; background-color: transparent"><B><U>Exhibit 5.1</U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>3.</B></TD><TD><B>Please have counsel revise opinion (3) on page 4 to state that the Depositary Shares, when sold, will be legally issued
and will entitle their holders to the rights specified in the deposit agreement and the depositary receipts. For guidance, see
Section II.B.1.d of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (CF), available on our website. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; background-color: white">Counsel&rsquo;s
opinion has been revised as requested.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Mr. Christian Windsor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">April 18, 2016</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Page 3</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>4.</B></TD><TD><B>Refer to the last paragraph on page 4: &ldquo;This opinion is being furnished to you solely for your benefit and may not
be relied upon by any other person or for any other purpose&hellip;.&rdquo; It is inappropriate to place limits on the ability
of purchasers of the securities covered by an opinion provided under Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K to rely on the opinion with
regard to the legality of the securities offered. In our view, this statement represents an inappropriate limitation on reliance,
inasmuch as all purchasers of the securities to be offered will be entitled to rely on the opinion. Please file a revised opinion
without this limitation. For guidance, see Section II.B.3.d of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; background-color: white">Counsel&rsquo;s
opinion has been revised as requested.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">*&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;*</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">We believe the foregoing is
responsive to the Staff&rsquo;s comments. Please acknowledge receipt of the enclosures by date-stamping and returning the enclosed
copy of this letter. Please direct any comments or questions to the undersigned at (202) 274-2001.</P>

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    <td style="width: 50%">Sincerely,</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>/s/ John J. Gorman</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>John J. Gorman</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Enclosures</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">cc:</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Kevin M. O&rsquo;Connor, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Bridge Bancorp, Inc.<BR>
Alexandra Ledbetter, SEC Staff Attorney</TD>
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