What are the seven civil engineering wonders of the United States?

The Seven Wonders of the United States chosen are reminiscent of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Picked for modern honors are the Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, the interstate highway system, Kennedy Space Center, Panama Canal, Trans-Alaska Pipeline and World Trade Center.



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Once called “the bridge that couldn't be built,” today the Golden Gate Bridge is one the seven wonders of the modern world. This magnificent span, perhaps San Francisco's most famous landmark, opened in 1937 after a four-year struggle against relentless winds, fog, rock and treacherous tides.

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The Seven Wonders of the World are a group of places around the globe that are considered to be of great importance. These are: The Colosseum in Italy, Petra in Jordan, Chichén Itzá in Mexico, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Machu Picchu in Peru, Taj Mahal in India and The Great Wall of China.

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Mount Rushmore This isn't on the official list, but we think it's a modern wonder. The massive faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln make up Mount Rushmore. It's a feat of engineering as each face is about 60 feet high.

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New and Old 7 Wonders of the World
  • Great Pyramid of Giza – Egypt.
  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon – Ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)
  • Statue of Zeus at Olympia – Greece.
  • Temple of Artemis at Ephesus – Turkey.
  • Mausoleum at Halicarnassus – Turkey.
  • Colossus of Rhodes – Greece.
  • Lighthouse of Alexandria – Egypt.


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