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	Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 southern France.
		Prior to the bridge's construction, 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 viaduct is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest road bridge in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millau_bridge (1491 words)

	Millau Viaduct: World's Tallest Bridge Inaugurated PERRINE LATRASSE / AP 14dec04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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.
		The $523 million bridge was commissioned to open a new north-south link between Paris and the Mediterranean and is expected to relieve bottlenecks caused by trucks and tourists headed to the Riviera.
		The bridge was commissioned in order to open up a new north-south route across central France and relieve pressure from lorry-drivers and tourists bound for the Mediterranean and Spain in the saturated Rhone valley corridor to the east.
	www.mindfully.org /Technology/2004/Millau-Tallest-Bridge14dec04.htm (1183 words)

	the Viaduct de Millau \| France
		This new bridge, opened on the 14th December 2004, replaces the bridge crossing the River Tarn in the centre of the town of Millau.
		Near the bridge is a permanent visitors’centre with stunning views of the bridge and across the valley which it spans.
		Millau used to be the centre of leather manufacture in France.
	www.abelard.org /france/viaduct-de-millau.asp (721 words)

	Millau Viaduct - France - Cable-Stayed Bridge
		Bridges are often considered to belong to the engineer's realm rather than the architect's.
		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.
		A reading of the topography suggested two possible approaches: to cross the river, the geological generator of the landscape; or there was the challenge of spanning the 2.5 kilometers from one plateau to the other in the most economical manner.
	bridgepros.com /projects/Millau_Viaduct (1188 words)

	Millau Viaduct, France
		In June last year Enerpac (Hydraulic Technology) was awarded the contract to supply the hydraulic system for lifting the temporary piers and pushing the bridge decks for the Millau Viaduct Project.
		The detailed studies commenced in 1993 and in 1994 the restricted competition was called, in which five teams of architects participated, the winning alternative being that submitted by the team comprising French engineers Sogelerg, EEG, SERF and Foster, in 1996.
		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 /html/press_releases/Berichten/30014_ENG_EU.html (1506 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.
		The bridge's engineering work was done by SETEC Engineering (www.setec.at), the arm of the of Germany's Gauff Group that played a major role in building the EuroTunnel.
		The Millau Bridge, though, seems to be the kind of project that evokes feelings that stretch well beyond statistics.
	www.conway.com /ssinsider/snapshot/sf050103.htm (1834 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts features \| Norman Foster's breathtaking bridge, the Grand Viaduc du Millau
		Where Eiffel's red-painted railway bridge, poised over the void like a leaping ballet dancer, is a triumph of wrought-iron engineering, the cable-stayed Millau bridge is a high-vaulting celebration of the structural dynamics of concrete and steel.
		The bridge weighs 242,000 tonnes, comprising 36,000 tonnes of steel and 206,000 tonnes of concrete.
		Millau can now happily turn its back on levels of traffic brought by the motorway generation, while, for a minute at a time, motorists will be transfigured by one of the great works of art of our time.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,1352022,00.html (1058 words)

	Millau Viaduct - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is the highest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 341 metres (1,118 ft)—slightly higher than the Eiffel Tower and only 40 m (132 feet) shorter than the Empire State Building.
		The viaduct is the highest vehicular bridge in the world, nearly twice as high as the previous tallest road bridge in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria.
		The architects of the bridge are the British firm Foster and Partners, led by Lord Norman Foster.
	www.free-definition.com /Millau-viaduct.html (1501 words)

	Things to See in the Languedoc: Historic Cities: Millau Bridge
		The construction of the bridge began in December 2001, using innovative techniques.
		The Bridge has become a major tourist attraction in its own right and a source of pride for Millau, which believes many more tourists will come to admire one of theengineering wonders of the 21st Century.
		Built in three years at a cost of 394 million (£272 million), the bridge is not merely a gateway to the Riviera floating over what had been one of the nation's most notorious bottlenecks, but as an embodiment of Gallic flair, a stylish marriage of the functional and the aesthetic.
	www.languedoc-france.info /030112_millau.htm (756 words)

	ABC News: Worlds Tallest Bridge Inaugurated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Millau bridge, the world's tallest traffic bridge, seen against the evening sky, Monday, Dec. 13, 2004.
		The bridge, reaching about 270 meters (890 feet) at its highest point, will be inaugurated by President Chirac on Tuesday Dec. 14 and opens to the traffic on Dec. 17, 2005.
		MILLAU, France Dec 14, 2004 —; Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=328415&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (544 words)

	Road Traffic Technology - Millau Viaduct - France
		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.
		As the bridge will be exposed to winds of up to 151km/hr, side screens are used to reduce the effects of the wind by 50%.
		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 (773 words)

	Foster and Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It follows the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames, in expressing a fascination with the relationships between function, technology and aesthetics in a graceful structural form.
		Interestingly, alternative readings of the topography suggested two possible structural approaches: to celebrate the act of crossing the river or to articulate the challenge of spanning the 2.46 kilometres from one plateau to the other in the most economical manner.
		A cable-stayed, masted structure, the bridge is delicate, transparent, has the optimum span between columns.
	www.fosterandpartners.com /internetsite/html/Project.asp?JobNo=0778 (338 words)

	ESA - Observing the Earth - France's soaring Millau bridge seen from orbit
		This fl and white High Resolution Camera (HRC) image of the newly-opened Millau bridge in southern France was acquired by ESA's Proba microsatellite on 11 December 2004.
		The bridge, reaching about 270 meters (890 feet) at its highest point, was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac on Dec. 14 and opened to traffic on Dec. 17.
		This fl and white High Resolution Camera (HRC) image of the unfinished Millau bridge in southern France was acquired by ESA's Proba microsatellite on 14 March 2004.
	www.esa.int /export/esaEO/SEMQDE3AR2E_index_1.html (268 words)

	The Millau Bridge - Southern France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Millau Bridge is in southern France and crosses the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains.
		The bridge towers above the Tarn Valley and the aim of Lord Foster was to design a bridge with the ‘delicacy of a butter fly’.
		The bridge appears to float on the clouds despite the fact that it has seven pillars and a roadway of 1½ miles in length.
	www.technologystudent.com /struct1/millau1.htm (409 words)

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	France's soaring Millau bridge seen from orbit
		The Millau viaduct, newly inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac, is now the world's tallest road bridge.
		The bridge is made of a four-lane steel-built roadway stretching across 2460 metres.
		The bridge is part of the A75 motorway connecting Paris to the Mediterranean, and designed to serve as a bypass to the nearby town of Millau, which up until now has experienced serious summer traffic congestion.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-01/esa-fsm010405.php (408 words)

	World’s tallest bridge opens to delighted public - World News - MSNBC.com
		MILLAU, France - They are calling it the Grand Viaduc de Millau, and the stylish language is matched by the soaring, sensuous beauty of the bridge itself.
		The bridge was commissioned to open a new north-south link between Paris and the Mediterranean and is expected to relieve bottlenecks caused by trucks and tourists headed to the Riviera.
		Some 28,000 vehicles a day are expected to cross the bridge in the summer months, and about 10,000 a day the rest of the year, according to the Eiffage company.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6724050 (660 words)

	LiveScience.com - World's Tallest Road Bridge
		The tallest suspension bridge in the world is the Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge, a pedestrian bridge reaching 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River.
		The Kochertal bridge in Germany was the previous record holder, at 607 feet, for a roadway.
		The bridge connects Paris to the Mediterranean, bypassing the town of Millau, which had experienced summer traffic congestion.
	www.livescience.com /imageoftheday/siod_050105.html (166 words)

	Wired New York Forum - Tallest Bridge Nears Completion
		MILLAU, France, Dec. 1, -- A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac in southern France Tuesday -- a spectacular feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 885 feet above the valley of the river Tarn.
		It was largely because they had underestimated the popularity of the bridge that it began to sway, and that was compounded by people matching their footsteps to the movement.
		So while the Millau bridge was hailed by President Chirac as a new emblem of French civil engineering, Mick Henry, the leader of Gateshead Council, also expects the Sage to trigger further regeneration of the town.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5040&page=2 (4648 words)

	World's tallest road bridge · Millau, France · astrology chart
		The inauguration of the tallest road bridge in the world, located close to Millau, France (3e05, 44n06), by Jacques Chirac took place on December 14, 2004, at 11:23:55 AM CET.
		The bridge is a spectacular masterpiece of engineering, as showed by the Aquarius Ascendant, the zodiacal sign which rules over science and technology.
		Actually the main destination of the vehicles crossing the bridge during the summer will be the Mediterranean seaside resorts and other holiday destinations of southern France.
	www.astrologyweekly.com /astrology-articles/world-tallest-bridge-millau-france.php (594 words)

	A tale of two bridges / French bridge is last link in superhighway to Barcelona
		The bridge is also proof that Europe is building ties through steel and concrete that are as binding as political ones.
		About a half-million tourists visited the town during the bridge's construction, and Millau is in the midst of a major makeover in anticipation of an influx of visitors.
		"Millau is going to become a tourist destination rather than a place people drive through," predicted Godfrain, who is an unabashed bridge fan as well as the author of a novel on an old French legend about viaducts and the devil.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/24/FRANCE.TMP (1045 words)

	PERI GmbH, Projects - Formwork Construction - Toll station for the Millau Bridge, France
		This is also true for the building of the century, the “Viaduc de Millau”, whose world-record bridge piers were built using PERI formwork systems.
		It is only after this period that the ownership of the bridge and the related rights will pass to the French state.
		The “Gare de Péage”, the bridge toll station, is situated about four kilometres north of the bridge.
	www.peri.de /ww/en/pub/projects.cfm/fuseaction/showreference/reference_ID/449/referencecategory_ID/13.cfm (266 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| France shows off tallest bridge
		The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high - taller even than the country's Eiffel Tower.
		The bridge, which opens to traffic on Thursday, was built to clear summer traffic jams around the town.
		The bridge is now a source of pride for Millau, which believes many more tourists will come to admire one of the engineering wonders of the 21st Century, our correspondent says.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4091813.stm (418 words)

	Millau Bridge: Earth has not anything to show more tall :: The London News Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He even went so far as to suggest that: “the bridge will serve as a symbol of a modern and conquering France,” which is a bit worrying.
		It was designed, he said, “to rise out of the landscape with the delicacy of a butterfly.” A 36,000 tonne butterfly with its legs cruelly fused to the bedrock.
		Rather, it is "a dialogue between nature and the man-made,” although he fails to record the exact words that the valley spoke when it had 205,000 tonnes of concrete poured into it.
	www.lnreview.co.uk /news/004744.php (560 words)

	The Reader: Millau Bridge,France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		You can read more about this bridge here.The photo is taken from the bridge website.Now, this tall bridge is beginning to be a tourist attraction like Eifel Tower.
		My first encounter with bridge engineering started at The University of Sheffield in 1973.The University is proud that one of its graduates is the famous engineer Sir Donald Bailey,who invented bailey bridge(a temporary portable steel bridge that can be launched within a few hours and was used by the army during WW11).
		The Millau bridge was open yesterday(14th Dec,2004) by the France President.
	adib.typepad.com /blog/2004/12/france_millau_b.html (667 words)

	Bridge France Big - France Information and Resource Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The newly opened highest bridge on the planet is now carrying traffic across the Tarn River in southern France, filling...
		Le Pont Routier (The Bridge at Argenteuil) Monet: Claude 1840 1926.
		The beam or truss bridge is, in effect, a pair of girders supporting a deck spanning the gap between two piers.
	france.fjeans.com /index.php?k=bridge-france-big (1063 words)

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