page_title: Thomas Charles John Bain
section_title: Construction projects
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Charles John Bain / Construction projects
caption_attribution_description: Prince Alfred's Pass in South Africa
context_page_description: Thomas Charles John Bain was a South African road engineer. As a prolific road building pioneer, Bain was responsible for the planning and construction of more than 900 km of roads and mountain passes, many of them still in use today, over a career spanning from 1848 until 1888. These passes through the mountain ranges between the thin coastal plain and the interior of the former Cape Colony in South Africa, played a major role in opening up the vast hinterland of South Africa.
context_section_description: Meiring's Poort (after local farmer Petrus Johannes Meiring), 16 km long 1854–58
  Grey's Pass near Citrusdal (after Sir George Grey), 11 km long 1857–58 (Piekenier's Kloof 1958)
  Tulbagh Kloof (after the town of Tulbagh), 5 km long 1859–60
  Seweweekspoort (thought to be after Berlin Mission Society preacher Louis Zerwick) from Laingsburg through Swartberg, 17 km long 1859–62
  Prince Alfred's Pass (after Prince Alfred) from Knysna to Uniondale, 70 km long 1863–67
  Seven Passes road (after number of passes along route) from George to Knysna, 75 km long, ending in the Homtini Pass near Knysna 1867–83
  Robinson Pass (after Chief Inspector of Public Works, Murrell Robinson) from Oudtshoorn to Mossel Bay 1867–69
  Tradouw Pass (Boschkloof, Southey Pass) near Barrydale, 13 km long 1869–73
  Garcia's Pass (after Maurice Garcia) from Riversdale to Ladismith, 18 km long 1873–77
  Pakhuis Pass (after Pakhuisberg, a branch of the Krakadouw Mountains) from Clanwilliam to Calvinia, Cederberg 1875–77
  Koo Pass or Burger's Pass (after Koodoosberg) near Montagu 1875–1877
  Rooihoogte Pass, also near Montagu 1875–1877 
  Verlaten Kloof Pass from Sutherland to Matjiesfontein -1877
  Cogmans, Kogmans or Kockemans Kloof (after a Khoikhoi clan) from Ashton to Montagu, 5 km long 1873
  Swartberg Pass from Oudtshoorn to Prince Albert, 24 km long 1880–88 (John Tassie built 6 km of road from Prince Albert end)
  Baviaanskloof from Willowmore to Patensie, 3 km long 1880–90
  Bloukrans Pass near Nature's Valley
  Grootrivier Pass at Nature's Valley
  Storms River Pass on the Garden Route
caption: Prince Alfred's Pass
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