The greatest elegance is to design something which is slender and beautiful and well integrated with the site.” Those are the ...

No. This is the Millau Viaduct, a perfect example of where engineering meets art. Cantilevered high over the Tarn gorge in southern France ... with 11 cable stays fanning out on either side.

It took immense audacity to build a cable-stayed road-bridge spanning the valley of the river Tarn, near Millau, southern France ... the only comparable construction, the Thames Barrier, is ...

The Millau Viaduct, part of France’s A75 motorway, helps travelers coming from Paris get to the Mediterranean coast as efficiently as possible. It was developed by French engineer Michel ...

The Millau viaduct, newly inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac, is now the world's tallest road bridge. It stands high above the Tarn valley in ... by the Eiffage construction group, builders ...

The world's tallest bridge, the British-designed Millau viaduct, has opened in France. Jacques Chirac ... Built and funded by Eiffage, the French construction group responsible for the Eiffel ...

At its highest point, the Millau Viaduct is more than 1,000 feet above ground, and the French say it's the highest bridge in the world. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Millau's mayor, Jacques Godfrain.