The first bridge built across the Mississippi River was in 1855 with the first railroad bridge finished a year later in 1856.
Connecticut's first bridge was built in 1808 across the Connecticut River at Windsor.
Before the Golden Gate bridge was built they had to use a Ferry to get across the river(the glolden gate strait)
It is thought that the Romans were the first to build a bridge over the river Thames hover the first bridge that is on record is the London bridge which was first started in 1176 and was not finished until years later.
It was the first bridge across the River Thames in London (built by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago) and was the only bridge across the Thames in London until 1729.
In 1855.
Here are some types of ways you can get across a river: a bridge (built by yourself or somebody else) a raft a boat a ferry when it is frozen walk on it swim a plane parachute
Francis Scott Key Bridge or Key Bridge is a bridge on river Potomac that connects Arlington County, Virginia, and the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was built in 1923 and is the oldest bridge across the Potomac River in Washington D.C.
The early bridges that were built by early man were the log bridge. That is a a log was thrown across a river to cross.
For the same reason any bridge is built; to cross the river.
The Koyna dam is built across the Koyna River.
In the UK, an accommodation bridge is a bridge across a canal that was built when a canal was dug across a right of way.
the Normandy bridge was built as an opportunity to shorten the distance between Le Havre and the A29 motorway, across the Seine river to lower Normandy. It also helps to lessen the traffic on the older Tancarville bridge.