Are there rules to writing a "bridge" for a song?

I don't know if there are "rules" as much as the idea that a bridge takes you away from the main idea of a song. If I am working on a song in a major key I might start the bridge on a minor chord in the key just to make some contrast...here is a chord chart from my song "Over Pennsylvania"

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You can see that most of the song is in G major but the solo starts on E minor (which is the "relative minor key in G major") and the bridge starts on Am and then the song returns to G major...

I did a lesson on learning song structures and I used this song as an example:

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=41

Here is the streaming audio of the song:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=787939&content=songinfo&songID=6160052
 
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