History of Bridges By 23suttju 3300 BCE Stone slabs were used to build bridges 1523 BCE One of the oldest timber (wooden) bridges, Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden, was built 1523 BCE One of the oldest timber (wooden) bridges, Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden, was built 850 BCE Stone was used to build bridges 1357 Charles Bridge (arch) was built 1357 Charles Bridge (arch) was built 1570 Italian architect invented the Truss Bridge 1570 Italian architect invented the Truss Bridge 1741 First big Suspension Bridge was built 1741 First Cantilever Bridge was built 1779 First cast iron bridge, the Iron Bridge was built 1867 First Cantilever Bridge was built 1867 First big Suspension Bridge was built 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge was built 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge was built 1897 The Tower Bridge 1927 First welded road bridge was built 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge was built 1937 The Golden Gate Bridge was built 1937 Golden Gate Bridge was built 1951 Martin Luther King bridge was built 1978 The Jubilee Pathway was built 2002 The Millennium Bridge was built 2002 The Millennium Bridge was built 2007 The Helix Bridge was built 2007 The Helix Bridge was built 2013 The Scale Lane Footbridge was built 2013 The Scale Lane Footbridge was built 2016 The State Route 520 Floating Bridge was built