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[PlatinumSun]

As the title says. And also if there a block above a raising bridge will it not raise? So If I am to have little 2 by 3 gates in side of my fort like Kruggsmashes Steelclutches? (Kruggssmash is a DF youtuber hes good watch his vids)

[Madrigal]

Build a raising (not retracting) bridge; it can be as small as 1x2.

Build a lever (near the bridge is a good idea), and link the bridge to the lever.

Pull the lever so that the bridge raises and reveals the ground underneath it. Place a tiny garbage dump zone on that patch of ground, and designate whatever stuff you want to dump.

After all the stuff has been hauled to the dump zone and your dwarfs have cleared the area, pull the lever so that the bridge is lowered onto the pile of junk (Smash!), then pull the lever again so the bridge raises again.

You don't need to clear any space on the z-levels above the bridge; think of the bridge as compacting itself when it's raised. You only have to worry about the bridge not raising if there's a gigantic beast on it (like a rutherer or an elephant). And if that's the case you probably have bigger problems than excess stone.

[PatrikLundell]

To complement Madrigal's warning about giant critters: Trying to atom smash those will destroy the bridge (trying to raise it with such critters on it will just fail, without harm to the bridge).

[Loci]

Build a raising (not retracting) bridge; it can be as small as 1x2.

In my experience a 1x1 raising bridge works too. Items in a bridge/wall-pivot-tile are auto-destroyed when the bridge is raised. A one-tile bridge also has the benefit of not flinging refuse everywhere if your dwarves dump some during the reset cycle.