The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge, dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese is one of the oldest arch bridges in existence and use.OverviewThe history of bridges dates back to prehistoric times, when logs or stepping stones were used to cross creeks and. The simplest and earliest types of bridge were. people also built a form of across ; examples of such bridges include the and the in England, approximat. The greatest bridge builders of antiquity were the. The Romans built arch bridges and that could stand in conditions that would damage or destroy earlier designs, some of which still stand today.