There are a number of options available for a visit to Millau bridge. Crossing it in your car is of course an option, but not worth doing unless your journey warrants it. You can have an easy ride to the bridge by parking in the town centre and taking the tourist bus from Millau Tourist Information Office. This will enable you to get the best possible views, photo opportunities and of course a running commentary on the construction from infancy to completion.
You can also visit the official information site underneath the bridge where there is a little museum with photographs of the build, a film to show the progression of the site and various souvenirs to buy.
Another option, our favourite, is to visit the information site on the north side of the bridge, where you can again get a historical perspective of the build, but also take the opportunity to walk up to a viewing point high above the bridge itself where you can get some spectacular photos.
Be warned though, there is a long and steep flight of steps to navigate to get up there. There are several other interesting attractions in and around the town: see the Millau guide for several suggestions.
In particular we should suggest that you visit the small traditional village of Peyre. As well as exploring the village you also get an unusual view of Millau bridge from below, quite undiscovered by most visitors.
Explore elsewhere in the Massif Central. You can find more travel ideas in the Aveyron guide and the Midi-Pyrenees guide. For great prices on car hire throughout France and Corsica please visit our recommended partner at RentalCars. Close to Millau Bridge, the small village of Peyre is listed among the most beautiful villages in France.
Therefore, the speed of the wind at the level of the road reflects the speed of the wind found at ground level around Larzac and Sauveterre. An lane toll station 6km north of the Millau Viaduct is housed under a structure made of a special concrete patented by the group Eiffage. The toll plaza includes a CCTV connection to the viaduct and the highway. It also accommodates technical and administrative services. Verdict Traffic is using cookies We use them to give you the best experience.
Continue Learn More X. Advertise with us. Structural type Cable-stayed bridge multicable, fan arrangement. Function Highway bridge to carry the A Location Near Millau, Aveyron, France. Timescale Works started in October and was completed in December Number of workers on site Number of hours of work expected 1 million. Owners Compagnie du viaduct de Millau. Architect Lord Norman Robert Foster. Geotechnical engineering Terrasol. Co-contractor Eiffel Construction Metallique.
Height above valley bottom or water Max m. Before Kocher the tallest were the meter pier of Italy's Rago Viaduct. Before that California's Pit River Bridge had the tallest at meters. Before California's Pit River crossing, the tallest purely concrete and stone pier was on France's Fades Viaduct at Prior to Fades and Sitter the tallest bridge pier was the all steel Before Gokteik the tallest steel bridge pier was the central tower of the Kinzua Viaduct at 87 meters.
Before Kinzua the Grandfrey Viaduct of Switzerland held the record with steel and stone piers In the Crumlin Viaduct was the tallest with purely steel piers 64 meters tall while the Sitter Viaduct had stone and iron piers of approximately 56 meters in height. The Portage Viaduct had masonry and timber piers of 67 meters. Prior to Portage there were few true "piers" of great height, only stone aqueducts such as the Pont Roquefavour in France and the Ponte Delle Torri in Spoleto, Italy with structural heights of 82 meters.
Spain's Puente Nuevo or New Ronda Bridge also has a structural height in the meter height range though the masonry walls hug the sides of the gorge cliff more like a giant foundation then a true stand-alone pier or aqueduct. A view of the deck during the launching phase with visible deformations prior to the tower and cable stay erection. The bending of the deck was calculated by the engineers before construction. Millau Viaduct From HighestBridges.
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