99 Types of Infrastructure

John Spacey, February 15, 2017 updated on February 04, 2023

Infrastructure are basic facilities, structures, equipment, technologies and services that act as the foundation for economic activity and quality of life. This includes hard infrastructure such as bridges and soft infrastructure such as hospitals. The following are common types of infrastructure.

Airports	Banks
Beaches and Boardwalks	Breakwaters
Bridges	Broadcasting Towers
Canals	Clinics
Cloud Computing Infrastructure	Cloud Platforms
Communication Towers	Community Centers
Container Ports	Cultural Centers
Cycling Infrastructure	Dams
Data Centers	Desalination Plants
Docks	Drainage Systems
Early Warning Systems	Electric Power Distribution Networks
Emergency Power Supplies	Emergency Services
Emergency Water Supplies	Evacuation Centers
Farms	Fiber Optic Networks
Financial Infrastructure	Financial Markets
Fire Departments	Flood Control Dams
Food Distribution Networks	Government Facilities
Ground Control Stations - for satellites and spacecraft	Highways
Hospitals	Hurricane Barriers
Hydroelectric Dams	Hydropower Stations
Information Security Infrastructure	Internet Exchange Points
Irrigation Systems	Levees and Dikes
Libraries	Living Shorelines
Manufacturing Facilities	Mass Transit Systems
Medical Laboratories	Mobile Networks
Museums	National Guard Units
Natural Reserves	Navigation Systems
Network Infrastructure	Nuclear Reactors
Nursing Homes	Pedestrian Infrastructure
Phone Networks	Pipelines
Police Departments	Ports
Power Plants	Public Space
Public Utilities	Railways
Recreational Facilities	Recycling Centers
Reefs	Research Facilities
Retaining Walls	River Systems
Roads	Rockfall Barriers
Satellites	Schools
Seaports	Search and Rescue Teams
Seawalls	Solar Power Systems
Space Infrastructure	Space Launch Sites
Space Stations	Sports Complexes
Subways	Terrace Systems - control soil erosion
Train Stations	Transportation Safety Infrastructure
Tsunami Shelters	Tunnels
Universities	Warehouses
Waste Management Plants	Waste Water Treatment Plants
Water Supply Systems	Water Treatment Plants
Waterways	Weather Stations
Wind Farms

In practice, infrastructure also includes all of the services required to operate things. For example, an airport is of no use with airlines that are functioning properly.