Six towers of the Millau Viaduct in Millau, Averyron, France. The highest bridge in the world. Viewed from the village of Peyre.
The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau, IPA: [vjadyk də mijo]) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, it is the tallest bridge in the world with one mast's summit at metres (1,125 ft) above the base of the is the 15th highest bridge deck in the world, being 270 metres (890 ft) between the road deck and the ground below. The Millau Viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers and Montpellier. The cost of construction was approximately €400 million. It was formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004, and opened to traffic on 16 December. The bridge has been consistently ranked as one of the great engineering achievements of all time. The bridge received the 2006 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering Outstanding Structure Award. The bridge is copyrighted. Peyre is a village in the Aveyron département, in southern France. Formerly an independent commune. It is now part of the commune of Comprégnac. Peyre is situated 7 km downstream of Millau, on the side of a colossal rock that dominates the right bank of the Tarn river. Difficult not to fall for the charm of this village built against its tuf stone cliff full of caves. Most of the houses are troglodyte as is the church of Romanesque origins and fortified in the 17th century. Its narrow flower lined stone streets remind you of Mediterranean villages and offer a welcome refuge from the heat in summer.
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Location: Peyre,Comprégnac,Aveyron, France
Photo credit: © Derek Gale / Alamy / Afripics
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