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Millau Bridge and where it was builtTRANSCRIPT
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The Millau Viaduct Paris - Barcelona
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Under construction is the highest bridge in the world. This bridge will be part of the A75 to link Paris with Barcelona.
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This suspension bridge has a total length of 2.5 km and
crosses the Tarn River. It is 343 meters high, a world
record. The road, with two lanes on each side, will cross the
river at 270 meters above ground. At its highest point, the
viaduct is even higher than the Eiffel Tower. Conceived by
Norman Foster, this suspension bridge is supported by
seven pylons, instead of the two that are common for this
kind of construction.
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The total cost of the project is around 310 million euros (AUD $525 million). It will be open to traffic in December 2004, just 39 months after work began.
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Translated from Portuguese by Mark Harrison, Adelaide