Millau Bridge

Well, I made a post about it in my Top 10 Bridges and there was this picture which I really like was taken. You have the biggest plane in the world with the tallest bridge in the world. What a sight.

The marvel of extreme engineering of our times.

Here are some recent pictures taken. The bridge seems to be in the sky. So elegant and beautiful.

Some stats about this bridge:

1. 2,460 m: total length of the roadway
2. 7: number of piers
3. 77 m: height of Pier 7, the shortest
4. 343 m: height of Pier 2, the tallest (245 m at the roadway's level)
5. 89 m: height of a mast
6. 154: number of shrouds
7. 270 m: average height of the roadway
8. 4.20 m: thickness of the roadway
9. 32.05 m: width of the roadway
10. 85,000 m³: total volume of concrete used
11. 290,000 tonnes: total weight of the bridge
12. 10,000–25,000 vehicles: estimated daily traffic
13. €5.40–7.00: typical automobile toll, as of July 2007
14. 20 km: horizontal radius of curvature of the road deck