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Infrastructure before 1700 consisted mainly of roads and canals. Canals were used for transportation or for irrigation. Sea navigation was aided by ports and lighthouses. A few advanced cities had aqueducts that serviced public fountains and baths, while fewer had sewers.
In the 1820s, infrastructure projects were promoted as a component of the American System by Henry Clay. Infrastructure spending fell dramatically after the Panic of 1837, and the next major period of infrastructure spending would not take place until 1851. By 1860, $119.8 million had been spent on internal improvements, with $77.2 million of ...
The following list includes projects to build new highways or improve existing ones, including roadways, bridges, and tunnels. It includes only projects that are underway or completed.
The American Society of Civil Engineers publishes an "Infrastructure Report Card" which represents the organization's opinion on the condition of various infrastructure every 2–4 years. [7] As of 2017 [update] they grade 16 categories, namely aviation, bridges, dams, drinking water , energy, hazardous waste , inland waterways , levees , parks ...
This is a list of megaprojects, which may be defined in the following categories: . Projects that cost more than US$1 billion and attract a large amount of public attention because of substantial impacts on communities, the natural and built environment, and budgets.
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Hunter, Louis C. Steamboats on the Western rivers: An economic and technological history (1949). Kirkland, Edward Chase. Men, cities and transportation: a study in New England history, 1820-1900 (2 vol Harvard UP, 1948). Lewis, Tom. Divided highways: Building the interstate highways, transforming American life (Cornell UP, 2013)
This category includes articles on infrastructure located in the United States Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.