1. A method of forming a population of nucleic acid sequence tags, comprising: covalently coupling a first target nucleic acid to a first end of a first nucleic acid bridge and a second target nucleic acid to a second end of the first nucleic acid bridge to form a linear chimeric nucleic acid intermediate, wherein the first nucleic acid bridge is disposed between the first target nucleic acid and the second target nucleic acid; and producing from the linear chimeric nucleic acid intermediate a first sequence tag and a second sequence tag, wherein the first sequence tag comprises at least a portion of the first target nucleic acid and at least a portion of the first nucleic acid bridge, and wherein the second sequence tag comprises at least a portion of the second target nucleic acid and at least a portion of the first nucleic acid bridge, wherein the at least a first portion of the first target nucleic acid comprises a first addressable portion and wherein the at least a first portion of the second target nucleic acid comprises a second addressable portion.