Millau viaduct in France.

[Leekbrookgull]

Just been reading up about bridge design (like you do) and came across the Millau viaduct. Awesome.

 

[Djmiles]

There was a programme on Nat Geo I think it was a few years back showing how they made it. Immense structure.

 

[footychick]

OMGA! Oh my giddy aunt
Wouldn't like to go over that bridge.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Surely there is someone on this board that has ?

 

[Everest]

Wouldn't like to go over that when this lot comes down

 

[johnnyrocketpants]

A breathtaking structure.

 

[skipper734]

Designed by Norman Foster init. The frogs don't mention that much.

 

[Leicester Seagull]

I've been over it!

Every summer my family used to go camping down in that part of France and so we saw it slowly being built over the years. truly awesome feat of engineering! Looks especially amazing when there's clouds around it

 

[bathseagull]

A few years ago I went on a university football tour to Barcelona. We took a coach, crossed late at night to Calais and set off down through France busily trying to drink our own body-weight in booze. After a few hours we came across this bridge and the whole coach fell silent as we all stared out of the windows. Takes a while to get across and at times it almost feels like you're flying. V. impressive. Even more so when you think they originally planned a road to just snake along the bottom of the valley but then Foster came up with this design which was loads more expensive but they just went for it.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Think i would cross it with my eyes closed and thats with me driving !!

 

[Everest]

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
BBC2 6.55pm today

Millau Sky Bridge
Richard Hammond finds out how an ancient Celtic technique for building boats aided the construction of the Millau bridge in France, as it made concrete as bendy as wood. He discusses how the 340m high piers were positioned with millimetre accuracy, the importance of the most slippery substance known to man in placing the road deck, and shoots 750,000 volts from his fingertips to demonstrate the best way to cut steel.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Is the bridge curved, or is the pic taken with a fish-eye lens? Ta

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Is the bridge curved, or is the pic taken with a fish-eye lens? Ta

I think its a fish eye, we drove over it a couple of years ago and it felt pretty straight, great scenary around there and lots of up and downs on the motorway.

 

[Djmiles]

Is the bridge curved, or is the pic taken with a fish-eye lens? Ta

No it most definately is curved!

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Have the picture as my desktop saver on my Mac. Truly brilliant engineering and I look forward to visiting it.

TNBA

TTF

 

[tube train]

stunning, i think they did a top gear that ended up on that bridge...

 

[Guy Fawkes]

stunning, i think they did a top gear that ended up on that bridge...

Yes they did

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[Daddies_Sauce]

A truly assume structure which I have been fortunate enough to drive over on a number of occasions, if you get chance do it!

BBC iPlayer - Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series 2: Millau Sky Bridge

 

[Smythe]

Have driven over it, i dont think you appreciate how immense it is by driving over it, better to view it from down in the town of Millau beneath the bridge.

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Funny thing is that it only crosses a tiny river (the Tarn I think), when you compare it to the size of the bridge, though it's a stunning design. You have to hand it to the French. When they want something built, they just get on and build it. They suffer from Yimbyism in France rather than Nimbyism - when they were building the fast rail link from Lille to Calais, there were protests in Amiens because the line wouldn't be going through the town.