Hard infrastructure, i.e., highways, bridges, railroads, etc., aren’t often seen as some awe-inspiring examples of aesthetics that surround us. However, they certainly can be.

Whether it’s a straightforward solution that offers eye-pleasing symmetry or an elaborate design that adds extra pizzazz to the scenery, hard infrastructure can be an impressive feat of both engineering and beauty. Add perfect timing and just the right angle and you’ll be rewarded with some stunning imagery, too.

#1 Magdeburg Water Bridge – Magdeburg, Germany

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#2 Bay Bridge, Looking Toward San Francisco From Treasure Island

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#3 The Lner Azuma Train Crosses Edinburgh’s Forth Bridge

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#4 Čechův Most, Prague

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#5 Bastei Walking Bridge – Germany – 1851

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#6 Another Image Of The New Bicycle Storage In Amsterdam, With Space For 7000 Bikes Below The Water In Front Of Central Station

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#7 Thought You Would Be Interested In This Skew Bridge In Scotland

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#8 The Bridge Over The Mountain Spring Lake In Romania [oc][1772×1181]

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#9 Devil’s Bridge – Bulgaria

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#10 A Novel High Voltage Electricity Pylon Called ‘Bog Fox, In Estonia By Part Architects

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#11 Road Cut Through Taroko Gorge, Taiwan [oc]

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#12 The Tientsin Eye Yongle Bridge – Tianjin, China

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#13 Crystal Palace Transmitter, London

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#14 Wildlife Crossing In Banff National Park, Canada

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#15 High Trestle Trail Bridge – Boone County, Iowa

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#16 Huangjuewan Interchange

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#17 Elevated Metro Line Integrated Into Park It Passes Over In Kolkata, India

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#18 Palo Verde Nuclear Powerplant. Located 45 Miles From Phoenix Az, The Plant Uses The Cities Treated Sewage Water For Cooling. It Is The Only Nuclear Plant In The Us Not Located On A Major Body Of Water

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#19 London Bridge Station From The Shard

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#20 Monorail Passes Through Liziba Station In Chongqing, China. It Passes Through The Sixth And Eighth Floors Of The 19-Story Apartment Building

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#21 Clifton Suspension Bridge – Bristol, England, UK

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#22 Public Elevator In Luxembourg, Free As All Other Public Transportation

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#23 Someone Recommended That I Post This Denver Lightrail Station Entrance On Here

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#24 Millau Viaduct

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#25 Kapellbrucke Chapel Bridge – Lucerne, Switzerland

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#26 Heatherwick Rolling Bridge – Paddington Basin, London, England, UK

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#27 Suspension Rail In Wuppertal, Germany

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#28 A Cycle Path That Goes Through A Lake In Bokrijk, Belgium

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#29 The Entrance To What Once Was The Longest Railway Tunnel In The World. Northern Line, London Underground

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#30 Boston

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#31 Germany Has Highway Strips That Can Be Instantly Transformed Into Emergency Airfields, Serving As Auxiliary Military Air Bases

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#32 Sometimes It’s Not The Name, It’s The Shape. Presenting The Newmarket Health Centre

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#33 Vancouver, Bc From The Window Of An Airplane [oc]

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#34 A Wall In Ancient Ostia Where The Bricks Were Laid According To The Scheme Called Opus Reticulatum, With Bricks Arranged Diagonally. The Ancient Romans Knew Earthquake Tremors Were Transmitted Diagonally And This Could Cope Better Than A Horizontal Pattern

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#35 Lacerda Elevator, Salvador, Brazil. It Is The First Public Elevator In The World. Built In 1873, When It Opened It Was The Tallest Elevator In The World At 63 Meters High

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#36 3 Freight Trains Of Indian Railways In Konkan, Maharashtra, India

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#37 Metro Tunnel Ready For Trial Runs, Mumbai, India

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#38 Utrecht, The Netherlands: 50 Years Ago, This Canal Was Filled And Converted Into A Highway. Now It Has Finally Been Transformed Back, With Space For Cyclists And Nature As Well

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#39 The Delhi–mumbai Expressway Is A 1,350 Km Long, 8-Lane Wide Under-Construction Access-Controlled Expressway Connecting India’s National Capital New Delhi With Its Financial Capital Mumbai

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#40 The Ashalim Power Station In The Negev Desert, With The Tallest Solar Tower In Israel

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#41 Two Indian Trains Cross Each Other Near Manmad Station In India

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#42 Elizabeth Line British Rail Class 345 Bombardier Aventra Electric Multiple Unit (Emu) Train At Farringdon Station, London, UK

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#43 Pedestrian Walkway Under The Subway Viaduct. Bangkok

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#44 2004 Photo Of The Millau Viaduct In Southern France Under Construction

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#45 A Roundabout Bridge In Uruguay

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#46 Bharati, India’s 2nd Research Centre In Antarctica

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#47 Crews Await Skytrain Tbm Breakthrough While Traffic Moves On Broadway Street Above – Vancouver, Canada

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#48 Oil Rig In Brage Oil Field Located In The North Sea 120 Km Northwest Of The City Of Bergen

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#49 Panama Canal Locks Under Construction In 1912

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#50 Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn, NY

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#51 Highway 99 Above, Highway 1 And Bc Ferries Queue Below – West Vancouver, Canada

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#52 Séliš Ksanka Ql’ispé Dam At Polson, Montana, United States

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#53 Tram From 1926 Still In Active Traffic On The Streets Of Stockholm, Sweden, November 2022 [4080×3072]

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#54 The Largest Solar Farm In The World: 14,000 Acres Located In Rajasthan, India

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#55 Under Manchester Streets

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#56 Shenzhen, China’s Newest Transit Hub, Gangxia North Station, Which Connects 4 Metro Lines

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#57 Giantic Bridge In Germany, 158 Meter Tall, 1702 Meters Long

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#58 Roundabout With Tram Passing Thrue, Karlsruhe, Germany

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#59 FedEx Superhub Memphis, Tn – Over 90 FedEx Aircraft In This Picture Alone!

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#60 Three Trains Passing At A Time Through Mukundara Hills National Park. Rajasthan, India

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#61 USB Type Shaped Port, Rheinhäfen Karlsruhe, Germany

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#62 The Tijuana International Airport In Mexico Has A Terminal In The Us Which Is Connected To The Main Building Through A Bridge Over The Border

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#63 Royal Gorge Bridge – Fremont County, Colorado

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#64 The Stockholm Telephone Tower With Approximately 5,500 Telephone Lines, 1890 [1600×1238]

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#65 Storseisundet Bridge – Norway

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#66 Banff Wildlife Crossing Project, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Combined With Fencing To Keep The Animals Off The Road, The Structures Have Reduced Animal-Vehicle Collisions In The Area By More Than 80%

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#67 No One Does Train Stations Like China

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#68 Jacksonville, Florida Interchange

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#69 Elevated Tram At The Detroit Metropolitan Airport [oc]

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#70 Suspension Railway – Wuppertal, Germany

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#71 They Started Digging Foundation For That 170 Kilometers Long Building In Saudi Arabia

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#72 Dedicated Bus Lanes In The Middle Of The A40 Autobahn In Essen, Germany

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#73 Temporary Road Build Around A Landslide In Fukui Prefecture, Japan

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#74 Bharati Research Station Of India In Antarctica

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#75 Tortosa Market At 40.5°, Tortosa (Catalonia)

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#76 Konkan Train Route, India

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#77 High Bridge Over Nature Preserve

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#78 Nh 44, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. The Longest National Highway In The Country. Picture: The_prabster (Ig)

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#79 The Personal Rapid Transit In At Wvu In Morgantown, Wv. It Has 69 Autonomous Cars That Run Along An 8.7-Mile Guideway System With 5 Stations

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#80 The Mini Subway System Underneath The Us Capitol. It Has Two Lines, Six Stops Total, And A Maintenance Bay

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#81 Road To Nowhere, Monument Valley, Az, USA

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#82 Jacob’s Ladder On The Remote Atlantic Island Of St. Helena Is One Of The Longest Straight Stairways In The World, Rising 183m

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#83 The Ancient Roman Aqueduct In Segovia, Spain – Standing Since The 1st Century

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#84 New Solar Plant In Campeche, Mexico

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#85 Rotterdam, 25 Years Ago And Now

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#86 Aqueduct Of Valens, Built In The Year Of 368 Ad In Constantinople

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#87 Viaduct 13, Brazil. It Is The Tallest Viaduct In The Americas And The Second Tallest In The World. It Is 143 Meters High And Was Built In The 1970s

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#88 This Is The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel. It Will Fill With Water To Protect Tokyo From Flooding. The Concrete Support Towers Are 18m Tall

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#89 Paddington Station On The Elizabeth Line, London, UK

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#90 The Metro In Lausanne, Switzerland – The Smallest City In The World To Have A Full Metro System

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#91 Safety And Alignment Improvements Taking Shape On The Transcanada Highway. Highway 1 Is One Of The Deadliest Sections Of Roadway In The Country. Canadian Rockies, British Columbia

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#92 One Of The 10 Largest Solar Plants In The World Under Construction In Mexico

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#93 Worli-Bandra Sea Link, Mumbai, India

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#94 Due To The Destruction Of A Certain Russian Bridge, The Vasco De Gama Bridge In Lisbon, Portugal Is Now The Longest (Usable) Bridge In Europe

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#95 Construction Of The Mayan Train Cutting Through The Jungle In Mexico

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#96 The Mozes Bridge (Loopgraafbrug) – Fort De Roovere, Halsteren, Netherlands

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#97 Peljesac Bridge, Croatia, Night Before The Opening Day

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#98 Train Dock In Duluth, Minnesota. Photo Credit Dave Schauer

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#99 The Falkirk Wheel, A Rotating Boat Lift In Scotland. It Replaces The Original 11 Locks On The Forth And Clyde Canal Junction With The Union Canal

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#100 This Not A Town, This Is A Single Chemical Plant In Burghausen, Germany (Wacker Chemie Ag)

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#101 Marienbrucke Pedestrian Bridge – Schwangau, Germany

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#102 Sea Cliff Bridge – Highway 1 – Australia

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#103 Newly Inaugurated Cycling And Walking Track In Bengaluru, India

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#104 Arches Railway Bridge, Brazil

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#105 A Renovated Section Of Penn Station, New York

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#106 Mumbai Trans Harbour Link

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