MILLAU (France)

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MILLAU (France) The highest bridge in the world.
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The highest bridge in the world 8071 feet
long 1125 feet high
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ENGINEERING Millau, the highest bridge in the
world   The construction of the Millau viaduct in
the southeast of France was a colossal
engineering effort. The piers rise 803 feet from
ground level, and the bridge weighs 400,000 tons.
The bridge is supported by seven huge pillars.
When the thickness of the platform (14 feet) and
the height of the pillars are included, the total
height reaches 1102 feet. That is about 50 feet
higher than the famous Eiffel Tower. Construction
of this bridge required more than 350,000 tons of
concrete and 40,000 tons of steel. Assembled with
the precision of a Swiss watch, this giant was
designed to resist winds of up to 130 miles per
hour and has cost almost 300 million euros
(US523 million). Built across the mountainous
terrain of the Tarn river valley, the 8071-foot
long bridge is part of the A-75 freeway that
connects the cities of Clermont-Ferrand and
Béziers. It will shorten by more than 60 miles
the route connecting Paris with the
Mediterranean. Seven European countries
participated in construction of the bridge, the
design of which was the work of the prestigious
British architect, Sir Norman Foster, of
Manchester, England.
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