When was the first iron bridge built in America?

1839 - Our First Iron Bridge Although a number had been built in Europe, the first iron bridge in the United States was not completed until 1839. This bridge succeeded a number of others built over Dunlap's Creek in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on the National Pike.



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