In Victorian days, major bridges and tunnels were constructed to support the railways. Horse-drawn conveyances had been using the same established routes in Britain for centuries; no one would have felt that grand new bridges or tunnels would be necessary for this form of travel, and the need for improved roads for the automobile had not yet arisen.

Tubular Railway Bridges (Illustrated London Reading Book, 1850)

The New Railway Bridges Over the St. Lawrence (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

Railway Bridges and Viaducts (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Railway Tunnels (Leisure Hour, 1860)

The Submarine Tunnel (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

An early proposal for the "Chunnel."

The Three Alpine Tunnels, by Henry Frith (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)

On the construction of three alpine railway tunnels.

A Curious Rolling Bridge (St. Nicholas, 1882B)

A "bridge" between St. Malo and St. Servan, France, that is actually a raised carriage that runs on rails laid on the ocean floor.

The Forth Bridge, by Albert J. Knowles (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

The design and construction of the famous railway bridge.

[The Forth Bridge] A Wonder of the North, by J. Munro (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)

The Romance of Niagara Bridges, by Orrin E. Dunlap (The Strand, 1899B)

The Queerest Bridges in the World, by Herbert Fyfe (The Strand, 1900A)

• See also Railroads & Railways