 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1888, hurumende yeItaly yakatanga mapurojekiti ayo okutanga okuvandudza munharaunda itsva. Njanji yeEritrea yakapedzwa kuenda kuSaati muna 1888, uye yakasvika kuAsmara munzvimbo dzakakwirira muna 1911. Cableway yeAsmara-Massawa ndiyo yakanga yakareba kupfuura dzose munyika yose payakavhurwa muna 1937. Gare gare yakaparadzwa navaBritain pashure peHondo yeNyika II senyaradzo yehondo. Kunze kwemapurojekiti makuru ezvokuvakisa, zviremera zvekoloni zvakaisa mari yakawanda mubasa rezvekurima. Yakanga ichitarisirawo kugoverwa kwezvinhu zvemumaguta muAsmara neMassawa, uye yakashandisa vazhinji veEritrea mubasa rehurumende, kunyanya mumapurisa nemadhipatimendi emabasa eruzhinji. Zviuru zvevaEritrea zvakanyoreswa panguva imwe chete muuto, vachishanda munguva yeItaly-Turkey Hondo muLibya pamwe neKutanga neChipiri Hondo yeNyika.Hondo dzeItaly neAbyssinian. 