List of historic civil engineering landmarks
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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 (National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks ) 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 , running from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Shenandoah National Park
Bonneville Dam
Brooklyn Bridge , Manhattan /Brooklyn , New York City
Cape Cod Canal , Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse , Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Columbia River Highway
Ellicott's Stone , Mobile, Alabama
Espada Acequia (Piedras Creek Aqueduct), San Antonio, Texas
First concrete pavement, Bellefontaine, Ohio (1893 )
George Washington Bridge , New York City /New Jersey
Golden Gate Bridge
Hohokam canal system, near Phoenix, Arizona
Holland Tunnel , New York City /New Jersey
Hoosac Tunnel , North Adams, Massachusetts
Hoover Dam
Lincoln Tunnel , New York City /New Jersey
Mason-Dixon Line
Mesa Verde Reservoirs, Mesa Verde National Park , Colorado
Moffat Tunnel , Winter Park, Colorado
Natchez Trace , through Mississippi , Alabama , and Tennessee
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
Verrazano Narrows Bridge , Brooklyn /Staten Island , New York City
Washington Monument
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