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	Millau â“ FREE Millau Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Near Millau the Tarn is crossed by the world's highest road bridge (1,125 ft/343 m high, 8,071 ft/2,460 m long), the cable-stayed, multispan, steel Millau Viaduct, designed by Lord Norman Foster and completed in 2004.
		Millau was a Huguenot stronghold in the 16th cent.
		Higher, longer, wider: the art of building bridges; The Millau Viaduct is the latest example of one of mankind's noblest traditions: the creation of breathtaking structures to span hitherto unbridgeable divides.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Millau.html (1157 words)

	Millau Viaduct - Archiplanet
		The Millau Viaduct () is a large cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France.
		The viaduct was inaugurated by President Chirac on 14 December 2004 to open for traffic on 16 December, several weeks ahead of the revised schedule.
		The electrical installations of the viaduct are impressive, in proportion to the immensity of the bridge.
	www.archiplanet.org /wiki/Millau_Viaduct (4627 words)

	Proud France Inaugurates World's Highest Bridge
		He hailed the viaduct as a ``marvel of art and architecture,'' a monument to French engineering genius that was a ``miracle of equilibrium'' and projected a bold, successful, modern image.
		``The Millau Viaduct is a magnificent example, in the long and great French tradition, of audacious works of art, a tradition begun at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries by the great Gustave Eiffel,'' Chirac told a reception.
		The Millau viaduct has drawn thousands of visitors since construction was started exactly three years ago.
	www.infowars.com /articles/world/france_inaugurates_largest_bridge.htm (485 words)

	The Millau Viaduct - A World Recold Breaker from FrenchEntrée.com
		The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in the Aveyron.
		The viaduct is nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest vehicular bridge in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria.
		The Millau Viaduct is the second-highest vehicular bridge measured from the roadway elevation.
	www.frenchentree.com /tarn-aveyron-tourism-leisure/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=18546 (1275 words)

	Millau Viaduct - France - Cable-Stayed Bridge
		Enerpac: Millau Viaduct, France – The world’s highest bridge
		The Millau Viaduct, designed in collaboration with engineers, illustrates how the architect can play an integral role in bridge design.
		Located in southern France, the bridge will connect the motorway from Paris to Barcelona at the point where it is interrupted by the River Tarn, which runs through a wide gorge between two plateaus.
	www.bridgepros.com /projects/Millau_Viaduct (335 words)

	Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before the bridge was constructed, traffic had to descend into the Tarn River valley and pass along the route nationale N9 near the town of Millau, causing heavy congestion at the beginning and end of the July and August vacation season.
		The Eiffage group operates the viaduct as a toll bridge, with the toll currently set at €4.90 for light automobiles (€6.50 during the peak months of July and August).
		The bridge deck was constructed on land at the ends of the viaduct and rolled lengthwise from one tower to the next, with eight temporary added towers also in place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millau_Viaduct (1747 words)

	Road Traffic Technology - Millau Viaduct - France
		At 2.4km long, and 270m above the river at its highest point, the Millau viaduct spans a 2km valley in the Massif Central mountain range and forms the final link in the A75 highway from Paris to Barcelona.
		The seven piers of the Millau Viaduct are sunk in shafts of reinforced concrete in a pyramidal shape, being divided in an overturned V, and the shrouds are anchored and distributed in semi harps.
		An 18-lane toll station 6km north of the Millau Viaduct is housed under a structure made of a special concrete patented by the group Eiffage.
	www.roadtraffic-technology.com /projects/millau_viaduct (771 words)

	Millau Viaduct, France
		The studies for the Millau Viaduct started back in 1988 with the objective of ending congestion on the A75, the motorway link between Paris and Barcelona.
		From the driver's point of view, the viaduct has a gentle slope (3.035 % from north to south) and a gentle curve (radius 20 000 m).
		When the Millau Viaduct was being designed, Eiffel, a subsidiary of the Eiffage Group and dedicated to steel construction, estimated that seven intermediate temporary piers were required between the definitive piers in order to be able to 'launch' the deck during its construction.
	www.enerpac.com /millau/Millau_Viaduct_Project/Millau.html (1477 words)

	Highest, longest : the Viaduct de Millau \| France
		Tallest in the world and taller than the Eiffel Tower, slung across the valley of the river Tarn, the Viaduct de Millau (Viaduc de Millau) is the chosen solution for taking the A75 motorway from Clermont-Ferraud south to Beziers.
		Millau has a population of slightly more than 22,000 people, and has recently recruited two extra staff at the Tourist Office to help with queries about their new landmark.
		Millau used to be the centre of leather manufacture in France.
	www.abelard.org /france/viaduct-de-millau.asp (1052 words)

	Millau Viaduct: World's Tallest Bridge Inaugurated PERRINE LATRASSE / AP 14dec04
		The Viaduct is composed of seven slender soaring pillars and becomes the highest bridge in the world at 343 meters, creating a direct route between Paris and the Mediterranean coast.
		MILLAU, France — Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
		Millau, whose skyline is dominated by the bridge, had until now been best-known outside France as the place where anti-globalization crusader Jose Bove dismantled a McDonald's restaurant.
	www.mindfully.org /Technology/2004/Millau-Tallest-Bridge14dec04.htm (1183 words)

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	hometown.aol.com /AlecCastillo88/millau-viaduct-bridge.html (912 words)

	VRMAG - WORLD’S TALLEST BRIDGE — VIADUCT OF MILLAU
		What: Panoramic view of the Millau motorway viaduct, the recently completed (Dec. 04) tallest bridge in the world, showing the #2 pier, which is 245 meters (803 feet) in height.
		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.
		Guillaume Fulchiron: This shot was taken the 14th of July 2004 during the construction of the viaduct.
	vrm.vrway.com /issue19/WORLD_S_TALLEST_BRIDGE_VIADUCT_OF_MILLAU.html (308 words)

	French Walking Holiday in Aveyron around the Millau Viaduct.
		Millau is a friendly small town of 27.000 inhabitants with lots of sporting vacation opportunities.
		Millau can be accessed by train/bus from Montpellier or Rodez.
		Halfway you'll come back in Millau and be heading into the Tarn valley, walking under the Millau Viaduct.
	www.valac.nl /DBDH23a-Millau_Gorges&Causses.HTM (436 words)

	Inauguration of the Millau Viaduct
		Work on the Millau Viaduct started on 10 October 2001 and is on schedule for completion on 10 January 2005, 39 months down the road.
		The little town of Millau in the South of France is better known in France for its horrendous summer traffic jams than for its Gallo-Roman pottery.
		The viaduct may be a work of art, but it is also a utility.
	ambafrance-ca.org /article.php3?id_article=650 (641 words)

	A75, La Méridienne : Viaduc de Millau, le dossier
		The Millau Viaduct (12) on the A 75 motorway will be among the most striking civil engineering structures to be built at the start of this century.
		MILLAU VIADUCT: Key Dates in the progress of scheme 1989-1996.
		Millau bypass declared to be in the public interest.
	www.a75.com /viaducengl.html (1017 words)

	World's Tallest Suspension Bridge Opens in South France — on Schedule, within Budget - Site Selection Online
		MILLAU, France — Stretching higher than the Eiffel Tower, the Viaduc de Millau Bridge "is a marvel of art and architecture," French President Jacques Chirac boasted as the world's tallest cable-stayed bridge was dedicated on Dec. 14th.
		One of the Millau Viaduct's most striking aspects is its unique fusion of size and strength with a sense of slightness.
		The Millau Bridge, though, seems to be the kind of project that evokes feelings that stretch well beyond statistics.
	www.siteselection.com /ssinsider/snapshot/sf050103.htm (1834 words)

	ViaMichelin Magazine
		Construction of Millau Viaduct (Aveyron) was started in November 2001 and is scheduled for completion in 2005, forming the last section of La Méridienne, the toll-free A75 motorway from Clermont-Ferrand to Béziers.
		These machines, which were the first to show the viaduct's silhouette by their alignment in the axis of the piers, are equipped with most comfortable cabs with a meal corner, toilets and a lift.
		Millau Viaduct site can be seen from the Cazalous rest area on the D992 (Route de St Affrique) where an information kiosk has been set up.
	www.viamichelin.com /viamichelin/gbr/tpl/mag3/art20031201/htm/rte_millau.htm (514 words)

	Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: Millau Viaduct Opens in France
		The Millau Viaduct in France, the world's tallest, opened yesterday (it's the tallest in the sense of having the highest supporting pier).
		The piers at Millau are 342 meters apart; the Confederation Bridge (another box girder) has them about 250 meters apart, so it might have been a stretch to not have the cable-stayed part and still keep the same number of piers.
		Millau is in southern France, and this viaduct is a key link on the A75 road south from Paris (a discussion of different alternative routes is here; the light blue route was chosen).
	www.proudlyserving.com /archives/2004/12/millau_viaduct.html (414 words)

	Millau Viaduct is the highest bridge in the world Millau Viaduct France
		Millau Viaduct is the highest bridge in the world Millau Viaduct France
		As of the 16th December 2004, the Millau Viaduct is officially opened.
		Designed by the renowned British Architect Lord Norman Foster, the Millau Viaduct was described by Lord Foster as his "sculpture in the landscape."The whole thing looks impossibly delicate," Foster said in a telephone interview.
	www.languedoc-holiday-guide.com /millau-viaduct.html (297 words)

	Le Viaduc de Millau en Aveyron
		The Viaduct was designed to meet the highest standards, in terms of longevity and resistance to seismic events and the most extreme of meteorological conditions.
		The Millau Viaduct is equipped with safety barriers built to withstand truck impacts, transparent windscreens 3-meters in height and emergency lanes for the travellers’ greater comfort and safety.
		Buttressed to the north by the Causse Rouge and to the south by the Causse du Larzac, the Millau Viaduct crosses the Tarn Gorges, one of France’s greatest natural tourist attractions.
	www.tourisme-aveyron.com /uk/aveyron/decouverte/viaduc_de_millau.php (664 words)

	The Millau Viaduct Over the Rivier Tarn - AngloINFO Midi-Pyrénées (France)
		The Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed, masted bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau, in the département of Aveyron.
		Before the viaduct was built, traffic had to descend into the Tarn River Valley to cross the river, causing congestion near Millau.
		The viaduct is rigged with a multitude of sensors and communication devices which constantly record and analyse, among other things: movement, traffic, weather and wear on the structure.
	midipyrenees.angloinfo.com /information/9/millau.asp (792 words)

	Millau Viaduct: France \| Travel to Paris
		The viaduct is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest vehicular bridge in Europe, the Europabrucke in Austria.
		The viaduct was officially inaugurated by President Chirac on December 14, 2004 to open for traffic on December 16, several weeks ahead of the revised schedule.
		Garabit viaduct: France The Garabit Viaduct is a railroad arch bridge spanning the Truyere River near Ruynes en Margeride, Cantal, France,...
	goto-paris.com /paris-travel/189/millau-viaduct-france (1340 words)

	Structurae [en]: Millau Viaduct (2004)
		The decision is made to operate the Millau Viaduct under a concession agreement.
		Le viaduc de Millau reçoit son tapis noir, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 1 October 2004, n.
		Donnaes, Philippe Millau: un viaduc sous haute surveillance, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 5 December 2003, n.
	en.structurae.de /structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0000351 (2819 words)

	HEADS UP: MILLAU, FRANCE; A Soaring Bridge Puts an Ancient Town Back on the Map - New York Times
		A DELICATE butterfly of concrete and steel, the Viaduct of Millau soars across the sky as if eager to proclaim that no bridge on earth is taller.
		The Museum of Millau, in an 18th-century mansion, has a vast collection illustrating just how ubiquitous the pottery was: the stamps of 600 pottery makers have been found on the pieces here.
		Until the late 1960's, Millau was the French capital for the manufacture of luxury kid gloves, producing four million pairs a year.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E0DA1430F934A25754C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all (1876 words)

	EORC \| Seen from Space - Three-Dimensional View of Millau Viaduct, World’s Highest Bridge
		Figure 1 depicts Millau Viaduct in Southern France as observed by the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) on board the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Daichi in July 2006.
		The viaduct extends to the right and left in the center of the figure, and the Tarn River meanders from near the city of Millau in the lower right to the top of the figure.
		The 2,460 m long Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road bridge, and the road runs 270 m above the Tarn River at its highest.
	www.eorc.jaxa.jp /en/imgdata/topics/2006/tp060914.html (557 words)

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