Challenges of construction

Millau ViaductTarn Valley, France

Millau Viaduct

Millau Viaduct

Millau Viaduct

Cable-stayed bridge; Designed by the architect Norman Foster and the

structural engineer Michel Vielogeaux; 2nd tallest bridge in the world (1st is Balluarte

Bridge, Mexico); Max height: 343m (1,125ft); road deck at 270m

(890ft); (Klabin’s brick chimney has “just” 96m) Construction cost was approximately €400 million; Inauguration: 2004

Millau Viaduct

The challenge: Build bridges (or viaducts) isn’t so easy. How about build a road deck at 270m heigth?

Millau Viaduct

Challenges: Hard wind; Height; Weight; Material choosing; Structural tensions managing; CONSTRUCTION CONCEPT.

Millau Viaduct

Hard wind(show video)

Millau Viaduct

Construction strategy:(show video)