Woof Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Although I am not a fan of things French... How would you like to drive over this at full throttle!! The $523 million bridge was commissioned to open a new north-south link between Paris and the Mediterranean; it connects the motorway from Paris to Barcelona at the point where the River Tarn, which runs through a wide gorge between two plateaus, interrupts it. Designed by British architect Norman Foster, the steel-and-concrete bridge is 270 meters (885 feet) high with its streamlined diagonal suspension cables resting on seven pillars - the tallest measuring 343 meters (1,125 feet), making it 23 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower. Some 28,000 vehicles a day are expected to cross the 1.6 mile long bridge through France's Massif Central mountains in the summer months, and about 10,000 a day the rest of the year, according to France's Eiffage construction company, which built it. Toll fees for motorists will vary from $6.50 in winter and $8.62 in summer. Trucks will have to pay $32.24 year-round Colorado's Royal Gorge Bridge, towering 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River, is the world's tallest suspension bridge - but it is designed for pedestrians. Why:"This exceptional opening will go down in industrial and technological history," French President Jacques Chirac said December 14, 2004, praising the designers and builders for creating "a prodigy of art and architecture -- a new emblem of French civil engineering." BY the way Jacques Chirac... The Designer was British!! http://www.abelard.org/france/viaduct-de-millau.asp http://www.animatif.com/panos/viamillauqt_fs.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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