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List of historic civil engineering landmarks
The following is a partial list of historic civil engineering landmarks as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in 1964. The designation is granted to projects, structures, and sites in the United States and the rest of the world.
International landmarks
- Acquedotto Traiano-Paolo , Rome (built by the Emperor Trajan)
- Banaue Rice Terraces , Banaue, Ifugao , the Philippines
- Eddystone Lighthouse, Plymouth
- Eiffel Tower
- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
- Kavanagh Building , Buenos Aires
- Panama Canal
- Ponte Maria Pia Bridge , Oporto
- Salginatobel Bridge , Shiers, Grisons
- Sweet Track, England, World's oldest known engineered roadway
- Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney
United States landmarks
- Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Bonneville Dam
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Columbia River Highway
- El Camino Real, eastern branch (Alabama, Mississippi)
- Ellicott's Stone , Mobile, Alabama
- Espada Acequia (Piedras Creek Aqueduct), San Antonio, Texas
- First concrete pavement, Bellefontaine, Ohio (1893)
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Hohokam canal system, near Phoenix, Arizona
- Holland Tunnel
- Hoover Dam
- Mason-Dixon Line
- Moffat Tunnel , Winter Park, Colorado
- River des Peres Sewage and Drainage Works (St. Louis, Missouri)
- John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio to Covington, Kentucky
- The Stone Arch Bridge, a historic railroad bridge in Minneapolis
- United States Military Academy
- Washington Monument
Last updated: 12-31-2004 12:21:40