Manual gearbox for a motor vehicle with a front transverse drive

A manual transmission for a motor vehicle with a front transverse drive, comprising a transmission housing a wheel set having a transmission input shaft and at least two transmission output shafts engaged via a gearwheel with a spur wheel of an axle differential, a rotationally fixed connection of at least one loose wheel and gearshift wheel provided on the at least two transmission output shafts with coupling units assigned thereto effected by gearshift forks arranged displaceably on gearshift axles, and selectable and operable via at least one gearshift lever shaft, and a common bearing unit configured as a one-piece bearing bridge for at least one of bearing and accommodation of the gearshift axles and the at least one gearshift lever shaft, wherein the bearing bridge is separate from and associated with the transmission housing, and is arranged between the wheel set and a central opening in the axle differential.