This had been on Brad's bucket list for some years and finally he got to see it. Believe it or not it was only about 20 minutes from the Roquefort Cheese Caves! An amazing piece of engineering!
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in Southern France, and was designed by English architect Norman Foster.
Formally opened in December 2004 it only took three years to complete and as of November 2018 was the tallest bridge in the world with a structural height of 336.4 metres. The longest span is 342 metres and the deck height is 270 metres from the valley floor.
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in Southern France, and was designed by English architect Norman Foster.
Formally opened in December 2004 it only took three years to complete and as of November 2018 was the tallest bridge in the world with a structural height of 336.4 metres. The longest span is 342 metres and the deck height is 270 metres from the valley floor.
Millau Suspension Bridge
En-route to Caves and Suspension Bridge
Not quite the highest point, but not far off. Pretty high!
Millau Suspension Bridge
I took a photograph of the video image of the bridge at night time.
Wow - it all looks so amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is. Loads to take in! We were so pleased that the bridge and cheese caves were so close to each other! Hope all going well with you all.
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