30 Impressive Examples Of Infrastructure That Will Make You Appreciate Engineers Anew

Until flying cars are invented and give us total freedom of movement, we're stuck using more conventional methods of getting around, such as roads, railways, and rivers. However, if merely hearing the word "infrastructure" makes you yawn, today we have something that will make you realize that it's actually an art form of its own. There's a whole subreddit entirely dedicated to the most stunning examples of infrastructure out there, and the images shared there are absolutely breathtaking. From ingenious Dutch aqueducts  to bridges hanging hundreds of meters above deep ravines, check out a collection of engineering masterpieces in the gallery below!

#1 A1 Highway Ecoduct, The Veluwe, Netherlands

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#2 An Archipelago In Norway

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#3 Skytrain Inside Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore

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#4 Aqueduct Veluwemeer, Netherlands

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#5 A Cell Phone Tower Disguised As Cactus

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#6 Sart Canal Bridge, Belgium

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#7 Holland, Michigan's Downtown Has Heated Streets And Sidewalks That Melt Snow And Ice. The System Utilizes Wastewater From A Nearby Power Plant Which Circulates Through 120 Miles Of Plastic Piping Underneath The Pavement. It Can Melt An Inch Of Snow An Hour Even At 20 Degrees Fahrenheit

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#8 Brutalist Flats In Camden, London

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#9 Ecoducts, Railway, Highway, Roads, Walkways... In Breda, The Netherlands

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#10 A Partial View Of The 30km Long Houtribdijk Dam In The Netherlands. Again, Leave It To The Dutch!

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#11 Shalu Leisure Landscape Trail, Taichung, Taiwan

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#12 A Village Settlement In Denmark

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#13 Viaduc De Millau - France

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#14 Highway Interchange Near Tokyo

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#15 The Delta Works In The Netherlands, Consisting Of 13 Parts, Together Form The Largest Storm Surge Barrier In The World And Was Declared One Of The Seven Wonders Of The Modern World By The American Society Of Civil Engineers

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#16 Subsea Undergroundabout, Faroe Islands

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#17 Dudhasagar Falls (Sea Of Milk), Goa, India

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#18 Northern Lights From The Top Of The Mackinac Bridge

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#19 Electric Elevated Railway (Suspension Railway) , Wuppertal, Germany

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#20 Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia

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#21 The Storseisundet Bridge In Norway

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#22 The Beipanjiang Bridge, Spanning The Nizhu River In China At A Height Of 565 Metres

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#23 Three Undergound Metro Lines Crossing Eachother At The Place De L'opéra In Paris

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#24 Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake), Copenhagen, Denmark

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#25 Project Engineers Demonstrating The Cantilever Principles Of The Forth Bridge In Scotland, 1887

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#26 Botanical Garden In Madrid Atocha Train Statino

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#27 Gordon Dam In Tasmania, Australia

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#28 Another Scale Of Infrastructure, These Salmon Stairs In Sweden

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#29 Roundabout And Bicycle Bridge In The Netherlands

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#30 Pont De Normandie, France

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