le Viaduc de Millau

Standing Tall across the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France, this grandiloquent cable stayed bridge traverses the Tarn valley above its lowest point, linking the Causse du Larzac to the Causse Rouge.This is the Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau).This Megastructure,which is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world with a mast summit of 343 meters,was designed by Norman Foster of Foster and Partners, and bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux. It is slightly taller than the Eiffel tower and falls short of 38m to the Empire State Building.Construction started in 2001 and it opened for use in December 2004.This gargantuan structure has an incredible length of 2460m.

"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," [President of France Jacques Chirac] told a reception.