Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia
WEBThe Millau Viaduct (French: Viaduc de Millau, IPA: [vja.dyk də mi.jo]) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France. The design team was led by engineer Michel Virlogeux and English architect Norman Foster.
Constructing the World's Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge
WEBAt 2,460 meters the Millau Viaduct is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world. It crosses over the Tarn River in the south of France at a height of 270 meters. Specialists and structural engineers planned it for 20 years before construction began in …
Understanding the Millau Viaduct | Explore Millau
WEBThe epic of a titanic construction. The Millau Viaduct is the most spectacular link on the A75 freeway linking Clermont-Ferrant to Béziers. To date, more than 60 million vehicles have crossed the 2640 m of what is the highest motorway bridge in the world, resting on the Causse du Larzac to the south and the Causse Rouge to the north.
Millau viaduct – touristic guide | Aveyron tourism
WEBRecord breaking viaduct. Millau viaduct holds the world record for the tallest bridge, culminating at 343 metres (higher than the Eiffel tower), 2460 metres long and touching the bottom of the Tarn valley in only 9 places.
Millau Viaduct: The Brilliant Engineering behind The World’s …
WEBden 27. sep. 2022 · Near the town of Millau in southern France, a cable-stayed viaduct motorway bridge that is made of concrete and steel spans the Tarn gorge valley. The viaduct connects the French cities of Paris, Beziers, and …
Millau Viaduct | Explore Millau
WEBA modern masterpiece! A true monument of the Aveyron département, the Millau Viaduct flies like a flag over the Millau sky! Becoming an emblem of French know-how, it contributes to France’s influence abroad. Overlooking the Tarn valley, this footbridge has helped to open up the Massif Central.
Assembling the World's Tallest Bridge - YouTube
WEBden 2. apr. 2016 · 4.79M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.6K. 170K views 8 years ago #ImpossibleEngineering. The Millau Viaduct was built over one of the deepest, widest, and windiest canyons in the world. The two...
The Viaduc de Millau - France
WEBden 15. mar. 2024 · Each year, more than 500,000 people visit this work, appreciating it from every angle. This Viaduct also helped open up the region: it is the link for the A75 motorway, connecting Paris to the Mediterranean. The Millau Viaduct in figures. Length: 2 460 m; Breadth: 32 m; Maximum height: 343 m, 19 m higher than the Eiffel Tower
The Millau viaduct - A75 motorway bridge over the river Tarn
WEBOpened in 2004, Norman Foster's magnificent motorway bridge over the Tarn valley at Millau has established itself as one of the must-see modern monuments in France. It is the world's highest multi-span bridge (the deck is 900 ft above the valley floor at its deepest) and the longest suspended bridge in the world, and an engineering wonder of ...
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WEBMillau Bridge (officially Millau Viaduct) is a road-bridge spanning the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. It was designed by the renowned 'modern architect' Norman Foster, working with French engineer Michel Virlogeux. The bridge was opened to traffic on 16 December 2004 to immediate fame and acclaim.
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