Millau Viaduct

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in southern France. As of September 2018, it is the tallest bridge in the world, having a structural height of 343 metres (1,125 ft). The Millau Viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers and Montpellier. It was built over three years, formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004, and opened to traffic two days later on 16 December. The bridge has been consistently ranked as one of the great engineering achievements of all time, and received the 2006 Outstanding Structure Award from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.