Timeline

2026-07-01

Legend of the Seas (2026 cruise ship) · 248,663 GT

2025-12-27

Shanghai Metro · 906 km · Shanghai, China

2025-12-26

China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. · over 50,000 km · China

2025-06-06

Chenab Rail Bridge · 359 metres · Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, over the Chenab River

2025-01-01

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 106,302,208 passengers passengers · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2025-01-01

Port of Shanghai · 55.063 million TEUs TEU · Shanghai, China

2025-01-01

Mig La motorable road · about 5,913 m · Mig La Pass, Ladakh, India

2023-09-01

China Railway Bohai Ferry Co., Ltd. · about 185 km · Yantai to Dalian, China

2023-01-13

South Western Railway Hubballi Division · 1,507 m · Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Station, Hubballi, Karnataka, India

2022-10-29

Rhaetian Railway · 1906.375 m · Albula Railway, Graubünden, Switzerland (Preda to Alvaneu, via Landwasser Viaduct)

2022-03-18

1915 Çanakkale Bridge · 2,023 metres · Çanakkale, Türkiye

2020-11-09

New York JFK–Singapore Changi nonstop air route · about 15,349 km · JFK Airport, New York, USA to Changi Airport, Singapore

2019-12-30

Ryfylke Tunnel · about 14.3 km · Rogaland, Norway, between Stavanger and Strand

2019-12-30

Ryfylke Tunnel Route · 292 m below sea level · Solbakk–Hundvåg, Rogaland, Norway

2019-04-26

Mila Mountain Tunnel · 4774 m · Mila Mountain Tunnel

2019-04-13

Stratolaunch Roc · 385 ft · Mojave Air and Space Port, California, United States

2018-10-24

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge · 55 kilometres · Hong Kong SAR – Zhuhai, Guangdong – Macao SAR, China

2017-07-22

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) · over 100,000 tons · Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (commissioning); Newport News, Virginia (construction)

2016-04-01

SR 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge · 2,349.55 m · Lake Washington, Washington State, USA

2016-01-01

Gotthard Base Tunnel · 57 km · Swiss Alps, Switzerland

2015-04-21

Series L0 Maglev (A07) · 603 km/h · Yamanashi, Japan

2013-09-16

Daocheng Yading Airport · 4411 m · Haizi Mountain, Daocheng County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

2013-01-01

BELAZ-75710 mining dump truck · 450 metric tonnes

2011-12-12

King Fahd International Airport · 780 km² · near Dammam, Saudi Arabia

2008-10-14

Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 · 1,185,000 m² · Dubai International Airport, UAE

2006-07-01

Qinghai–Tibet Railway · 5,072 m metres · Qinghai to Tibet, China; highest point at the Tanggula Pass

2006-07-01

Tanggula Railway Station · 5068 m · Tanggula Railway Station, Amdo County, Nagqu, Tibet, China

2000-11-01

Lærdal Tunnel · 24.509 km · Vestland county, Norway

1997-10-15

ThrustSSC · 1227.985 km/h · Black Rock Desert, Nevada, United States

1995-01-01

Qamdo Bamda 5,500-metre runway · 5500 m · Qamdo Bamda Airport, Tibet, China

1994-05-06

Channel Tunnel · about 37 km · United Kingdom–France, English Channel

1993-01-01

Central–Mid-Levels Escalator and Walkway System · about 800 m · Central to Mid-Levels, Central and Western District, Hong Kong SAR, China

1988-03-01

Seikan Tunnel · 53.85 km · Beneath the Tsugaru Strait, between Aomori and Hokkaido, Japan

1978-10-08

Spirit of Australia hydroplane · 511.09 km/h · Blowering Reservoir, New South Wales, Australia

1976-01-21

Concorde · about 18,300 m

1959-01-01

NS Lenin · First achievement

1927-05-21

Charles Lindbergh · First achievement · New York to Le Bourget Airfield, Paris, France

1903-12-17

Wright Flyer I · First · near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States

1889-06-04

Pilatus Railway · 48 % · Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, Switzerland

1863-01-10

Metropolitan Railway (original 1863 line) · First achievement · Paddington to Farringdon Street, London, UK

1835-09-26

St Charles Avenue Streetcar Line · First achievement · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

1825-09-27

Stockton and Darlington Railway · First achievement · Shildon–Darlington–Stockton, northeast England

1783-10-15

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier · First · Paris, France

Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal · about 1,794 km · Beijing to Hangzhou, China

Shanghai Metro Line 11 · about 82.4 km · Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu, China

Australia Highway 1 · 14,523 km · Circular route around mainland Australia

Concorde · about 2,160 km/h