* motorways under construction: 165 km ( 09. 2012 )

As of 2011, the construction of various additional motorways is planned, such as the extension of the A1 from Split to Ploče and onwards to Dubrovnik, while the A8 ( Kanfanar-Rijeka, the remaining part of the Istrian Y ) is being upgraded from semi-highway status.

The list of completed motorways is as follows ( see individual articles for further construction plans and status ):

In 2008 the country had of motorways, with additional under construction and the beginning of works on ( the Demir Kapija-Smokvica section of M-1 ) being postponed for 2009.

At present 324 km of motorways are under construction with an estimated timetable in 2013-2016.

Other motorways projects under construction include: Cernavodă – Medgidia ( 19 km ), part of the A2 ( Autostrada Soarelui ) motorway.

The 1950s and 1960s were, however, relatively prosperous times after the Second World War, and saw the beginning of a modernisation of the UK, with the construction of its first motorways for example, and also during the 1960s a great cultural movement began which expanded across the world.

The new commission focused on encouraging commercial traffic to the waterways, but with the construction and opening of motorways in 1959 and legislation such as the Clean Air Act 1956 affecting the coal carriers using the waterways, this stance could not be sustained.

Following the appointment of Hitler as Reichskanzler on 30 January 1933, Todt became ( in July ) Generalinspektor für das deutsche Straßenwesen (" Inspector General for German Roadways ") and was involved in the new construction company for the motorways ( Reichsautobahnen ).

Trondheim Toll Scheme or Trondheim Package ( Norwegian: Trondheimspakken ) was the result of that in the 1980s politicians and road authorities in Trondheim, Norway wanted to accelerate the investments in roads and motorways around the city through an investment package and toll scheme to ease construction and generate more funds.

The motorway network has been expanded extensively since the 1990s, through construction of new motorways and redesignation of existing motorway-standard dual-carriageway sections of National Primary routes.

In June 2007, it was announced that around 800 kilometres of ' new ' motorway would be created ; however, much of this resulted from the re-classification of most of the country's high-quality dual carriageways to motorway regulations rather than the construction of purpose-built motorways.

Others, like virtually all British motorways, have entered the system as a result of new construction.

* a road built to link two major motorways in Yorkshire, England known during construction as M1 A1 Link

By the start of 2009 substantial progress had been made on the motorway network, with all sections of the five major inter-urban motorways either under construction or complete.

The awkwardness of junction 5 is a result of the history of the two motorways ' planning and construction.

Several junctions were omitted from the original construction, as these were for future planned motorways, some of these have now been used for other road plans:

In the 20th century, Staple Hill benefited from the construction of Bristol's ring-road and the M4 and M5 motorways, maintaining its excellent transport links.

In addition, the A1 and A2 motorways, currently in construction, would make the trip from the capital Sofia to the coast substantially easier and faster, while the A3 is planned to connect Varna and Burgas.

Construction of this road was unusual as government policy was against the construction of new urban motorways.

In September 1822 two companies of infantry arrived at the mouth of the St. Peter's River, the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and began construction of Fort St. Anthony which, upon completion, was renamed in honor of its commander, Colonel Josiah Snelling.

When dam construction began in 1933, fewer than 600 boats used these waters ; ;

Racing began soon after the construction of the first successful gasoline-fueled automobiles.

Road construction first became a priority after 1750, when Zurich and Bern began appointing a governor for seven years.

The construction work began in November 1869 and the mosque was finished in 1871.

In 2010, Grant Speed's statue was taken down for refurbishment, and construction began on a new Walk of Fame.

Construction began on the first residential building in 1980, followed in 1981 with the start of construction on the World Financial Center.

As construction began on the new site, more residences were constructed in the vicinity of the new campus.

In 2006, the Berkeley Oak Grove Protest began protesting construction of a new sports center annex to Memorial Stadium at the expense of a grove of oak trees on the UC campus.

In 1019 the construction of the cathedral of Basel ( known locally as the Münster ) began under German Emperor Heinrich II.

In 1503 the new bishop Christoph von Utenheim refused to give Basel a new constitution whereupon, to show its power, the city began the construction of a new city hall.

Chaplin paid yet more concern to story construction, and began treating the Tramp as " a sort of Pierrot.

Thereafter, he began a massive program of monumental construction, paradigmatic for which was the state temple called the Bayon.

Between 1790 and 1840, Cambridge began to grow rapidly, with the construction of the West Boston Bridge in 1792, that connected Cambridge directly to Boston, making it no longer necessary to travel eight miles ( 13 km ) through the Boston Neck, Roxbury, and Brookline to cross the Charles River.

The eventual successful project, organised by Eurotunnel, began construction in 1988 and opened in 1994.

In 1928, construction of the Palomar Observatory began.

This project began with the construction and improvement of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and was completed with the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that connects to the Illinois River, which flows into the Mississippi River.

File: Ukraine-Lviv-Latin Cathedral-4. jpg | Latin Cathedral in Lviv, construction began in 1360 on the King's order

In 1719, to further protect strategic interests in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River, France began the 20-year construction of a large fortress at Louisbourg on Île-Royale.

Simultaneous with the construction of railways in the region, the age of the wooden sailing ship began to come to an end, being replaced by larger and faster steel steam ships.

By 1827, construction on the Dayton-Cincinnati canal began as a way to better transport goods from Dayton to Cincinnati.

Recovery began in the 1990s, but growth has been constrained by the lack of suitable hotels and other infrastructure, despite a boom in construction of small and medium-sized hotels and restaurants, and by the impact of drought, the 1998 – 2000 war with Eritrea, and the specter of terrorism.

* 793 (): Under the leadership of Dengyō, construction began on the Enryaku Temple.

The Fermis moved to Chicago in stages that year, and Enrico began studies that led to the construction of the first nuclear pile Chicago Pile-1.

In 1906 construction began on the Post Office, with local cricketer George Wilder laying an inscribed brick.