Gorgeous Photos And Mind-Boggling Facts Behind The World’s Tallest Bridge
What’s more impressive about the Millau Viaduct, the world’s tallest bridge? Its colossal size or the astounding engineering behind it? Even as you ’re travel across it — let alone merely reading about it — it ’s still credibly quite difficult to appreciate the true scale of France ’s Millau Viaduct , the creation ’s tallest span . Perhaps the best we can do is make for idea - boggling statistic : 200,000 tons of concrete used for each of the bridgework ’s seven piers ; $ 524 million spent on preparation and building ; 1,125 fundament between the magniloquent mast and the groundwork below ( making it tall than theEiffel Tower ) ; 890 feet between the roadway and the ground — between you and sure death , should the bridge ever crumple ....