Historic landmarks
ASCE’s Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Program recognizes historically significant local, national, and international civil engineering projects, structures, and sites. Through dedications, a physical plaque on site, and an online historical record open to all, the landmark program:
- Increases public appreciation of civil engineering contributions to the progress and development of society;
- Provides civil engineers with an historical awareness of their own profession for both practical insights and pride;
- Encourages the preservation of significant historic civil engineering works; and
- Fosters the inclusion of civil engineering landmark information in encyclopedias, guidebooks and maps.
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Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
B
- Bailey Island Bridge
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse
- Bayonne Bridge
- Belle Fourche Dam
- Bethlehem Waterworks
- Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge
- Blenheim Bridge
- Blimp Hangars
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Bollman Truss Bridge
- Bonneville Dam Columbia River Power and Navigation System
- Borden Base Line
- Boston Subway
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge
- Bridges of Keeseville
- Bridges of Niagara
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Brooks AFB Old Hangar 9
- Buffalo Bill Dam
- Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
C
- Cabin John Aqueduct
- Caledonian Canal
- Canton Viaduct
- Cape Cod Canal
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Carrollton Viaduct
- Castillo De San Marcos
- Cedar Falls Water Supply
- Central Pacific Railroad
- Chain of Rocks Water Purification Plant
- Charles River Basin Project
- Charleston-Hamburg Railroad
- Cheesman Dam
- Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
- Chesbroughs Chicago Water Supply System
- Choate Bridge
- City Plan of Philadelphia
- City Plan of Savannah
- Cleveland Hopkins Airport
- Colorado River Aqueduct
- Columbia River Scenic Highway
- Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
- Conwy Suspension Bridge
- Conwy Tubular Bridge
- Cornish Windsor Covered Bridge
- Cortland Street Drawbridge
- Craigellachie Bridge
- Cranetown Triangulation Site
- Croton Water Supply System
- Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway
F
- Fink Deck Truss Bridge
- First Concrete Pavement
- First New York Subway
- First Owens River-Los Angeles Aqueduct
- Firth of Forth Railway Bridge
- Five Stone Arch Bridges
- Flight of Five Locks
- Folsom Hydroelectric Power System
- Fort Peck Dam
- Forth & Clyde Canal
- Frankford Avenue Bridge
- Fritz Engineering Laboratory
G
- Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising
- George Washington Bridge
- Going-to-the-Sun Road
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Goldfields Water Supply
- Goodyear Airdock
- Gota Canal
- Grand Central Terminal
- Grand Coulee Dam
- Granite Railway
- Great Falls Canal & Locks
- Great Falls Raceway & Power System
- Great Western Railway
- Guayabo Ceremonial Center
- Gunnison Tunnel
H
- Hagia Sophia
- Hanford B Reactor
- High Bridge
- Holland Tunnel
- Hoosac Tunnel
- Hoover Dam
- Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad
- Houston Ship Channel
- Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Tunnel
- Huey P. Long Bridge
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Hydraulic-Powered Inclined Plane System of the Morris Canal
- Hydraulics Laboratory at the University of Iowa
M
- Machu Picchu
- Mackinac Bridge
- Maine Turnpike
- Manhattan Bridge
- Marlette Lake Water System
- Marshall Building
- Mason-Dixon Line
- McNeill Street Pumping Station
- Menai Suspension Bridge
- Miami Conservancy District
- Middlesex Canal
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant
- Minot's Ledge Lighthouse
- Missouri River Bridges
- Moffat Tunnel
- Montgomery Bell's Tunnel
- Morison's Memphis Bridge
- Mormon Tabernacle
- Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge
- Mount Washington Cog Railway
- Mullan Road
- Muskingum River Navigation System
P
- Panama Canal
- Peavey-Haglin Concrete Grain Elevator
- Pelton Impulse Water Wheel
- Pennsylvania Turnpike (Old Section)
- Petra
- Philadelphia City Hall
- Philadelphia Municipal Water Supply
- Point of Beginning, U.S. Public Lands
- Ponte Maria Pia Bridge
- Portland Observatory
- Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge
- Prehistoric Mesa Verde Reservoirs
Q–R
- Quebec Bridge
- Queensboro Bridge
- Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Reversal of the Chicago River
- River Des Peres Sewage & Drainage Works
- Rockville Stone Arch Bridge
- Rocky River Pumped Storage Hydraulic Plant
- Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
- Rogue River Bridge
- Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665
S
- Salginatobel Bridge
- San Antonio River Walk & Flood Control System
- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
- San Jacinto Monument
- Sault Ste. Marie Hydroelectric Power Complex
- Second Street Bridge
- Seventh Street Improvement Arches
- Sewall's Bridge
- Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme
- Smithfield Street Bridge
- Snoqualmie Falls Cavity Generating Station
- Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme
- St. Clair Tunnel
- Starrucca Viaduct
- Statue of Liberty
- Stevens Pass Railroad Tunnels
- Stone Arch Bridge of Burlington Northern Railroad
- Suez Canal
- Sweetwater Dam
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
W–Z
- Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge
- Walnut Street Bridge
- Ward House
- Washington Monument
- Waterford Bridges
- Watertown Arsenal
- West Baden Springs Hotel
- Wheeling Suspension Bridge
- Whipple Truss Bridge
- White Pass & Yukon Route Railway
- White River Concrete Arch Bridge
- Williamsburg Bridge
- Woodhead Dam
- Zhaozhou Bridge
- Zion Mt. Carmel Tunnel & Highway
- Zuiderzee Enclosure Dam