Fred W B
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 06:20 AM |
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Impressive bridge
It's located in southern France, and is the highest bridge in the world.
Statistics: Length: 2.5 km
Height: 280 m
The red towers you see in the photo were removed following completion of the bridge.
See: http://bridgepros.com/projects/Millau_Viaduct/
for details of location and construction.
Cheers
Fred WB
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[Edited on 11/10/05 by Fred W B]
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nre
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Yep, very impressive, drove over it in July! Unfortunately, not in the Mojo...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 07:20 AM |
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There was a programme on Sky showing how they built that bridge.
First they built the piers, then they assembled the road in sections on solid ground & pushed it out over the piers.
Very clever engineering.
David
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NS Dev
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 07:23 AM |
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jeez!
that is one hell of a construction!! Brunel would be impressed!
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TPG
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 08:41 AM |
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Takes a great chunk of time out of the road journey as well.Leaves the old twisty roads clear.............hmmmmmm.
..Which was nice..
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Cita
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 09:25 AM |
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I would have gone straight through the Gorge and the town without a bridge 
Mucho cheapo!!!!
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drmike54
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 09:44 AM |
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Highest Bridge in the World
The world's highest Suspension Bridge is over a quarter of a mile long and hangs 1,053 feet (321 Meters) above the roaring Arkansas River
below.
I actually went to over this bridge on vacation 20 years ago after the TV show That's Incredible had someone bungy jump from the bridge. It
really was not as nice as the pictures make it look. It is a pure tourist trap the bridge doesn't actually go anywhere at all. But it was built
in 1929  and it must have been one heck of a job.
Royal Gorge Bridge
Started Welding the chassis!!!!
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dmottaway
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 03:10 PM |
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according to the engineering "facts" the Royal Gorge Bridge took less than 6 months to build! that is amazing.
I'll bet the cross winds on the Millau are impressive!
Every time I am on something very tall, my feet cramp. I think it is a subconscious effort to grip the floor.
dave
Somewhere, in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
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