Millau Viaduct, Southern France

2004 - currently under construction, it is scheduled to be finished in 2005. The Viaduct will run between Paris and Barcelona over the River Tarn and its surrounding gorge. When completed it will be the highest bridge in the world. (The tallest pier plus its mast will measure 355 m - 14% taller than the Eiffel Tower)

Bridge Over the Clouds

More pictures of the construction of the Millau Viaduct

Tatara Bridge - links Ikuchijima Island , Hiroshima Prefecture, and Omishima Island. It has a center span of 890 m. Load tests and wind tunnel tests were done on models. Cable vibration experiments were also conducted. Originally the Tatara Bridge was to be a suspension bridge but this would have meant making major geographical changes for construction of the necessary anchorages thus causing environmental damage. So the bridge plans were changed to construct a cable-stayed bridge.

Tatara Bridge - Japan

photos courtesy of Dr. Loov

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This cable-stayed bridge is a concrete multi-use pathway over a busy highway (Deerfoot Trail in Calgary).

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Suniberg Bridge

The 526 m long Suniberg Bridge spans over a 62 m deep valley in the Swiss Alps near Kloster and is one of the most intriguing structures of Christian Menn. It is a semi-circular (radius 60 m) cable-stayed bridge. The cables are harp shaped and the four piers are sloped away from vertical due to the curvature of the bridge. The bridge deck is 12.4 m wide and was constructed using the cantilever construction technique. It is the most remarkable structure on the road to the world famous ski resort, Davos. photo courtesy of Shelley Lissel

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Major Canadian Bridges