diff --git a/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e-msg.bats b/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e-msg.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5525915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e-msg.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+setup() {
+    load '../../helpers/common-setup'
+    _common_setup
+    load '../../helpers/common'
+    load '../../helpers/lxly-bridge-test'
+
+    if [ -z "$BRIDGE_ADDRESS" ]; then
+        local combined_json_file="/opt/zkevm/combined.json"
+        echo "BRIDGE_ADDRESS env variable is not provided, resolving the bridge address from the Kurtosis CDK '$combined_json_file'" >&3
+
+        # Fetching the combined JSON output and filtering to get polygonZkEVMBridgeAddress
+        combined_json_output=$($contracts_service_wrapper "cat $combined_json_file" | tail -n +2)
+        bridge_default_address=$(echo "$combined_json_output" | jq -r .polygonZkEVMBridgeAddress)
+        BRIDGE_ADDRESS=$bridge_default_address
+    fi
+    echo "Bridge address=$BRIDGE_ADDRESS" >&3
+
+    readonly sender_private_key=${SENDER_PRIVATE_KEY:-"12d7de8621a77640c9241b2595ba78ce443d05e94090365ab3bb5e19df82c625"}
+    readonly sender_addr="$(cast wallet address --private-key $sender_private_key)"
+    destination_net=${DESTINATION_NET:-"1"}
+    destination_addr=${DESTINATION_ADDRESS:-"0x0bb7AA0b4FdC2D2862c088424260e99ed6299148"}
+    ether_value=${ETHER_VALUE:-"0.0200000054"}
+    amount=$(cast to-wei $ether_value ether)
+    readonly native_token_addr=${NATIVE_TOKEN_ADDRESS:-"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"}
+    if [[ -n "$GAS_TOKEN_ADDR" ]]; then
+        echo "Using provided GAS_TOKEN_ADDR: $GAS_TOKEN_ADDR" >&3
+        gas_token_addr="$GAS_TOKEN_ADDR"
+    else
+        echo "GAS_TOKEN_ADDR not provided, retrieving from rollup parameters file." >&3
+        readonly rollup_params_file=/opt/zkevm/create_rollup_parameters.json
+        run bash -c "$contracts_service_wrapper 'cat $rollup_params_file' | tail -n +2 | jq -r '.gasTokenAddress'"
+        assert_success
+        assert_output --regexp "0x[a-fA-F0-9]{40}"
+        gas_token_addr=$output
+    fi
+    readonly is_forced=${IS_FORCED:-"true"}
+    readonly bridge_addr=$BRIDGE_ADDRESS
+    readonly meta_bytes=${META_BYTES:-"0x1234"}
+
+    readonly l1_rpc_url=${L1_ETH_RPC_URL:-"$(kurtosis port print $enclave el-1-geth-lighthouse rpc)"}
+    readonly bridge_api_url=${BRIDGE_API_URL:-"$(kurtosis port print $enclave zkevm-bridge-service-001 rpc)"}
+
+    readonly dry_run=${DRY_RUN:-"false"}
+    readonly l1_rpc_network_id=$(cast call --rpc-url $l1_rpc_url $bridge_addr 'networkID() (uint32)')
+    readonly l2_rpc_network_id=$(cast call --rpc-url $l2_rpc_url $bridge_addr 'networkID() (uint32)')
+    gas_price=$(cast gas-price --rpc-url "$l2_rpc_url")
+    readonly weth_token_addr=$(cast call --rpc-url $l2_rpc_url $bridge_addr 'WETHToken()' | cast parse-bytes32-address)
+}
+
+
+@test "transfer message" {
+    echo "====== bridgeMessage L1 -> L2" >&3
+    destination_addr=$sender_addr
+    destination_net=$l2_rpc_network_id
+    run bridge_message "$native_token_addr" "$l1_rpc_url"
+    assert_success
+
+    echo "====== Claim in L2" >&3
+    timeout="120"
+    claim_frequency="10"
+    run wait_for_claim "$timeout" "$claim_frequency" "$l2_rpc_url" "bridgeMessage"
+    assert_success
+
+    echo "====== bridgeMessage L2->L1" >&3
+    destination_net=0
+    run bridge_message "$destination_addr" "$l2_rpc_url"
+    assert_success
+}
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diff --git a/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e.bats b/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e.bats
index 0185e3fb..76deba67 100644
--- a/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e.bats
+++ b/test/bats/pp/bridge-e2e.bats
@@ -70,22 +70,3 @@ setup() {
     run bridge_asset "$weth_token_addr" "$l2_rpc_url"
     assert_success
 }
-
-@test "transfer message" {
-    echo "====== bridgeMessage L1 -> L2" >&3
-    destination_addr=$sender_addr
-    destination_net=$l2_rpc_network_id
-    run bridge_message "$native_token_addr" "$l1_rpc_url"
-    assert_success
-
-    echo "====== Claim in L2" >&3
-    timeout="120"
-    claim_frequency="10"
-    run wait_for_claim "$timeout" "$claim_frequency" "$l2_rpc_url" "bridgeMessage"
-    assert_success
-
-    echo "====== bridgeMessage L2->L1" >&3
-    destination_net=0
-    run bridge_message "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" "$l2_rpc_url"
-    assert_success
-}
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