The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to infrastructure of the U.S. state of Washington.
By era
This section lists a few of the largest infrastructure projects of each century since non-Indigenous settlement.
Mid 19th century
Initial settlement of the state
Late 19th century
Early industrialization, Age of Rail
20th century
Rapid industrialization during World Wars, suburbanization of Seattle area
21st century
By topic
General
Communication and computing
Energy
High Voltage DC (HVDC)
Hydro
Washington is a major hydroelectric producer in the United States and the world. The Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River was the world's largest when built, and remains the largest power station in the United States by capacity.
Natural gas
Nuclear
Commercial power production
Research reactors (civilian)
Other
Environmental and scientific
Weather and climate
Ocean
Natural hazards
Space and cosmology
Military complexes
Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint
Former
For earlier 19th century forts, see List of forts#Washington
Civilianized airfields
For a full list of Army airfields see Washington World War II Army Airfields. The Navy also civilianized several fields.
- Arlington Airport, formerly Arlington Naval Air Auxiliary Facility
- Olympia Regional Airport, formerly a satellite field for McChord Air Force Base
- Sanderson Field, Shelton
- Paine Field at Everett, formerly Paine Air Force Base
- Tri-Cities Airport, formerly Naval Air Station Pasco, one of the busiest training fields of World War II
- Vista Field, an auxiliary field
- Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake, formerly Larson Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command base, with 13,500-foot runway and Titan nuclear missile field
- William R. Fairchild International Airport, formerly Port Angeles Army Airfield
- Bowers Airport, formerly Ellensburg Army Airfield
- Ephrata Municipal Airport, formerly Ephrata Army Air Base
- Spokane International Airport, formerly Geiger Field
- Deer Park Airport, an auxiliary field, also Atlas-E nuclear missile silo
- Felts Field, an auxiliary field
Department of Energy
US Coast Guard
Transportation
Air
Rail
Road
Ports and canals
Canals (active)
Constructed canals only
Canals (abandoned)
Ports
Water management
Flood control
Volcanic
Volcano-related infrastructure around Mount St. Helens related to its 1980 eruption and future eruptions
Flumes and siphons
Irrigation
Municipal water supply
Wastewater
By type
Bridges
Floating bridges
Washington has more floating bridges than any other state, and the world's three longest ones, including:
Historically notable bridges and incidents
Dams
Pipelines
Roads
Historically notable roads include
Tunnels
Highways
Railroads
Passenger train service
Mass transit
See also
Footnotes
References