It is the tallest bridge in the world with one of its masts as tall as 343 meters. Millau is a small town located on the a75 in southern france. Ce projet est en cours mais en grande partie t construit dont le viaduc lui m me. Viaduct motorway service area is accessible in both directions from the a75 or from millau via the d911 and boulevard du viaduc. Les troncons du tablier, assembles aux extremites du pont, sont translates sur les piles vers leur jonction au milieu du pont. Prouesse technique non denuee delegance, nul ne le conteste. It was notorious for the size of its traffic jams during the summer. The millau viaduct, built by sir norman foster, an english architect, extends for more than 2 kilometers and culminates at 343 meters above the tarn. By building an aqueduct to cross a gap 2460 m long and thus span the tarn valley in aveyron. Ancoferwaldram steelplates millau, france viaduct of. It was formally inaugurated on 14 december 2004, and opened to. Mais lepoque actuelle nautorise pas a sendormir sur ses lauriers. Its designers are the french structural engineer michel virlogeux and british architect norman foster. Every year, traffic that passes from paris to spain near the town.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. From march 2002, just few weeks after the start of construction, the piers began to rise up. Jan 19, 2014 millau viaduct is part of the a75a71 autoroute axis from paris to montpellier. Il a ete construit par lingenieur michel virlogeux et dessine par larchitecte lord norman. Millau bridge facts and history of millau viaduct in france. The abutments were built at the same time as the piers, on the causse du larzac and the causse rouge. Visit the millau viaduct, a unique construction work of the xxist century. Les bateliers du viaduc offer smallboat tours on the tarn that pass beneath the bridge. Martin, jeanpierre buonomo, marc servant, claude 2003. The millau viaduct has seven piers that support the viaduct deck. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. Il prolonge lautoroute a75, qui relie clermontferrand a beziers. In an anglofrench partnership, dubious discuss it was designed by the french structural engineer michel virlogeux and english architect norman foster. A technical challenge that required years of study and.