Home›Infrastructure›All InfrastructureBrowse ByAll InfrastructureReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe built works that make transport possible at scale: canals, bridges, tunnels, historic and continental railways, roads and highway systems, and pipelines, considered as engineering and operating history rather than as the vehicles that travel over them. Belongs here: any named canal, bridge, tunnel, historic railway, road system or pipeline whose construction, engineering or operating history is the reason for the entry. Does not belong here: the geographic feature an infrastructure work occupies, such as a strait or river, which belongs to the Geography atlas, or wars and political history tied to a route, which lean History; Transport keeps the built thing and its operating history.FactsAll InfrastructureSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested450 BCE 1All InfrastructureFilter Results68 entriesInfrastructure TypeAllAncient Roads and Trade Routes (5)Arch, Cantilever and Girder Bridges (4)Cable-Stayed Bridges (2)Freight Terminals and Corridors (3)Historic and Inland Canals (3)Intercity and Transcontinental Railways (4)Major International Airports (8)Major Seaports (6)Modern Highway Systems (4)Oil Pipelines (4)Rail Tunnels (4)Road Tunnels (4)Ship Canals (7)Suspension Bridges (5)Urban Rapid Transit Systems (3)ModeAllAviation (8)Cable Transport (1)Freight Rail (2)Inland Waterway Transport (6)Maritime Transport (12)Natural Gas Pipeline Transport (1)Oil Pipeline Transport (3)Pipeline Transport (1)Rail Transport (12)Road Transport (23)Urban Transit (2)Completion EraAll-264 (1)-114 (1)609 (1)1189 (1)1761 (1)1819 (1)1825 (1)1826 (1)1830 (1)1841 (1)1859 (1)1863 (1)1869 (2)1871 (1)1872 (1)1873 (1)1883 (1)1890 (1)1893 (1)1894 (1)1895 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1913 (1)1914 (1)1916 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1928 (1)1931 (1)1932 (3)1935 (1)1937 (2)1946 (1)1952 (1)1956 (1)1958 (1)1959 (1)1960 (1)1962 (1)1964 (2)1965 (1)1974 (1)1977 (1)1980 (1)1981 (1)1988 (1)1994 (1)1997 (1)1998 (1)2000 (2)2002 (1)2004 (1)2005 (1)2006 (2)2010 (1)2011 (1)2016 (1)Invented ByAllFerdinand de Lesseps (1)George Stephenson (1)John Augustus Roebling (1)Thomas Telford (1)Operated ByAllBeijing Capital International Airport Company Limited (1)BNSF Railway (1)China Railway Qingzang Group (1)City Bridge Foundation (1)Dubai Airports (1)Getlink (1)Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (1)Groupe ADP (1)Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (1)Heathrow Airport Holdings (1)Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company (1)Japanese National Railways (1)Jurong Port (1)Los Angeles World Airports (1)Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (1)MTA Bridges and Tunnels (1)Network Rail (1)New York City Department of Transportation (1)New York State Canal Corporation (1)Norwegian Public Roads Administration (1)Pacific Harbor Line (1)Panama Canal Authority (1)Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (2)PSA International (1)Russian Railways (1)Saint Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (2)San Francisco Municipal Railway (1)Shanghai International Port Group (1)Suez Canal Authority (1)Swiss Federal Railways (1)Transneft (1)Transport for NSW (1)Underground Electric Railways Company of London (1)Union Pacific Railroad (3)Pioneered ByAllAndrew Smith Hallidie (1)Benjamin Baker (1)Clifford Milburn Holland (1)Ferdinand de Lesseps (2)George Stephenson (1)James Brindley (1)John Augustus Roebling (1)John Bradfield (1)Joseph Strauss (1)Othmar Ammann (1)Thomas Telford (1)StatusAllAbandoned (1)Decommissioned or Closed (2)Operational (61)MaterialAllConcrete (2)Masonry or Stone (2)Steel (7)Heritage DesignationAllInternationally Recognized (World Heritage) (4)Locally or Regionally Designated (1)Nationally Designated Heritage Site (8)Not Formally Designated (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 68Akashi Kaikyo BridgeBridgesAlameda CorridorFreight Terminals and Intermodal HubsAppian WayRoads, Highways and Trade RoutesAutobahnRoads, Highways and Trade RoutesBailey YardFreight Terminals and Intermodal HubsBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelinePipeline InfrastructureBeijing Capital International AirportAirports and Aviation Ground InfrastructureBrentford branch lineRailways and Rail Transit InfrastructureBridgewater CanalCanals and Artificial WaterwaysBrooklyn BridgeBridgesChangi AirportAirports and Aviation Ground InfrastructureChannel TunnelTunnelsCharles de Gaulle AirportAirports and Aviation Ground InfrastructureConfederation BridgeBridgesCorinth CanalCanals and 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Wikipedia: Royal Roadtier 2WikipediaRoyal Road, Achaemenid reconstruction, Infrastructure categoryQuote, Royal Road, Achaemenid reconstruction, Infrastructure categoryreorganized and rebuilt for trade in the 5th century BCE by the Achaemenid EmpireView the SourceGotthard Base Tunnel (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)Contains: Gotthard Base TunnelView the SourceØresund Bridge (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)Contains: Øresund BridgeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.