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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


United States landmarks


Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

  • Cheesman Dam, Denver
  • Durango-Silverton Branch of the D&RGW RR, Durango
  • Gunnison Tunnel, Montrose
  • Prehistoric Mesa Verde Reservoirs, Mesa Verde
  • Moffat Tunnel, Winter Park

Connecticut

  • Rocky River Pumped Storage Hydro-Plant, New Milford
http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/Communities/History/Landmarks/3137.pdf

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

  • Cortland Street Drawbridge, Chicago
  • Chesbroughs Water Supply System, Chicago
  • Reversal of the Chicago River, Chicago

Indiana

Iowa

  • Keokuk Hydro-Power System, Keokuk
  • Hydraulics Laboratory at the University of Iowa, Iowa City

Kentucky

  • Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665, Middlesboro
  • Louisville and Portland Canal Locks & Dam, Louisville
  • Louisville Water Works, Louisville
  • Kentucky Dam, Gilbertsville
  • High Bridge, Jessamine

Louisiana

  • McNeill Street Pumping Station, Shreveport
  • Eads South Pass Navigation Works, Venice

Maine

  • Bailey Island Bridge, Harpswell
  • Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth
  • Robyville Bridge, Corinth
  • Maine Turnpike
  • Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge, Bucksport
  • Watson Settlement Bridge, Littleton
  • Sewall's Bridge, York
  • Hemlock Bridge, Fryeburg

Maryland

Maryland-Pennsylavania

Massachusetts

  • Borden Base Line, Hatfield
  • Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge, North Andover
  • Canton Viaduct, Canton
  • Lawrence Experiment Station, Lawrence
  • Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, Cohasset
  • Middlesex Canal, Lowell
  • Charlestown Naval Dry Dock, Boston
  • Cape Cod Canal, Barnstable
  • Charles River Basin Project, Boston
  • Hoosac Tunnel, North Adams
  • Granite Railway, Quincy
  • Boston Subway, Boston
  • Lowell Waterpower System, Lowell
  • Watertown Arsenal, Watertown

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Exp. Station, Vicksburg

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

  • Hoover Dam, Boulder City
  • Marlette Lake Water System, Virginia City

New Hampshire

  • Five Stone Arch Bridges, Hillsborough
  • Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mt. Washington
  • Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish (designated by Vermont)

New Jersey

  • Newark International Airport, Newark
  • Hydraulic-Inclined Plane System of the Morris Canal, Stanhope
  • Great Falls Raceway and Power System, Paterson
  • Atlantic City Convention Hall, Atlantic City
  • Cranetown Triangulation Site, Cedar Grove
  • Bayonne Bridge, Bayonne
  • Fink Through Truss Bridge, Hamden

New Mexico

  • Elephant Butte Dam, Truth or Consequences
  • El Camino Real, Santa Fe
  • Embudo, New Mexico Stream Gauging Station, Embudo
  • Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway, Chama

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

  • Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No 64

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

  • Charleston - Hamburg Railroad, Charleston

South Dakota

  • Missouri River Bridges, Chamberlain
  • Belle Fourche Dam, Belle Fourche

Tennessee

Texas

  • Brooks AFB, Old Hangar 9, San Antonio
  • San Antonio River Walk & Flood Control System, San Antonio
  • Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising, Galveston
  • Acequias of San Antonio, San Antonio
  • El Camino Real (The Royal Road) Eastern Branch, San Antonio
  • Denison Dam, Denison
  • Texas Commerce Bank (formerly Gulf, now Chase) Building, Houston
  • San Jacinto Monument, Houston
  • International Boundary Marker #1, El Paso
  • Houston Ship Channel, Houston

Utah

Vermont

  • Cornish - Windsor Covered Bridge, Windsor
  • Ascutney Mill Dam, Windsor

Virginia

  • Fink Deck Truss Bridge, Lynchburg
  • Potowmack Canal and Locks, Great Falls
  • Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel, Waynesboro
  • Dismal Swamp Canal, Chesapeake
  • Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia Beach
  • Gosport Naval Dry Docks, Norfolk

Virginia-North Carolina

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

  • Buffalo Bill Dam, Cody

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