Abstract: A prismatic battery comprising a battery housing and a plurality of electrode plate cell groups, each said electrode plate cell group comprises a positive current collector and a negative current collector which are connected respectively to a positive electrode plate group and a negative electrode plate group, said battery housing comprises a plurality of cell compartments which are adapted for receiving said plurality of electrode plate cell groups, wherein, adjacent cell compartments being electrically connected by a pair of conductive bridging members which are disposed respectively in said adjacent cell compartments and said bridging members being connected electrically across said adjacent cell compartments by a plurality of electrical conductors which extend across said adjacent cell compartments, each said bridging member being electrically connected to a corresponding current collector at more than one locations.