Bridgeport is a city in eastern Harrison County, West Virginia, United States.

[2] It is part of the Clarksburg micropolitan area in North Central West Virginia.

Future Virginia governor Joseph Johnson was said to have seen the bridge as a port and named the town as such.

[5] Others claim that the town name was meant to be "Bridge Fort," for the two forts built by early settlers, but the name was changed to Bridgeport after a mapmaker mislabeled it.

[5] The Northwestern Turnpike from Winchester to Clarksburg opened its portion in Bridgeport in 1838; stagecoaches began operating on the line in 1852.

[5] Establishing stockyards in the early century, the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 1850s led Bridgeport to be a center of trade for the cattle industry.

A portrait of Jesus originally hung on a wall at Bridgeport High School.

[1][permanent dead link‍] The portrait of Jesus was stolen from Bridgeport High School early in the morning on August 17, 2006 and a mirror was put in its place.

Bridgeport is home to Meadowbrook Mall, a super-regional shopping complex.

The mall has a gross leasable area of 849,206 square feet (78,894 m2) and 109 stores.

Bridgeport is served by the public Harrison County Schools district.

North Central West Virginia Airport is located in Bridgeport.