Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia
The 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.
Understanding the Millau Viaduct
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.
How the world’s tallest bridge changed the map of Europe - CNN
2024年8月20日 · Cantilevered high over the Tarn gorge in southern France, and yawning 2,460 meters (8,070 feet) in length, the Millau Viaduct is the world’s tallest bridge, with a structural height of 336.4...
Millau viaduct – touristic guide | Aveyron tourism
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: Construction Features of the World’s Tallest Bridge
The Millau Viaduct is the world’s tallest bridge constructed to connect Northern Europe and Eastern Spain. With its eight spans suspended from seven pylons, the total height of this cable-stayed bridge is 345 m, which makes it taller than Eiffel Tower.
Constructing the world's longest cable-stayed bridge
At 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 the autumn of 2001.
The Millau Viaduct: Stunning Photos And Facts About The …
2016年3月23日 · The Millau Viaduct is, quite simply, an engineering marvel. Between December 14, 2001, when the first stone was laid, and December 16, 2004, when the bridge opened, huge construction teams executed one of the most impressive, daring designs ever dreamed up.
The Viaduc de Millau - FRANCE.FR
The Millau Viaduct was built out of necessity: it opens up the southern Massif Central by creating a direct motorway between Clermont-Ferrand and Béziers. How? By building an aqueduct to cross a gap 2460 m long and thus span the Tarn valley in Aveyron .
Millau Viaduct | 10 Facts On The Tallest Bridge In The World
2015年11月13日 · With a structural height of 343 m, Millau Viaduct is famous as the tallest bridge in the world. It is also renowned for its design, which was considered impossible to construct on its inception, and for being one of the greatest achievements in engineering.
Le Viaduc de Millau - Archinomy
The Millau Viaduct (French : le Viaduc de Millau) is a large cable stayed road bridge that spans the valley of the River Tam near Milalu in southern France.