The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge overly spans the valley of the River Tarn pretty near Millau in south France. Designed by architect Norman Foster, in collaboration among French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, through one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft)—slightly taller as opposed to the Eiffel Tower and simply 38 m (125 ft) shorter as opposed to the Empire State Building. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004 and opened to income two days later.
Statistics
2,460 m: overall total amount of the roadway
7: sum of piers
77 m: point of Pier 7, the shortest
343 m: rate of Pier 2, the tallest (245 m at the roadway's level)
87 m: rank of a pylon
154: rate of shrouds
270 m: median rate of the roadway
4.20 m: thickness of the roadway
32.05 m: width of the roadway
85,000 m³: general volume of cement used
290,000 tonnes: general weight of the bridge
10,000–25,000 vehicles: forecasted daily traffic
€4.90–6.50: routine car toll, as of 2005
20 km: horizontal radius of curvature of the road deck
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