Technological developments make human work is lighter and also make construction of large and magnificent buildings become not an impossible thing. In France, there is a bridge which has an altitude of 343 meters ie the Le Viaduc de Millau. Le Viaduc de Millau has wide of 32 meters and long of 2,460 meters, connecting Paris and Barcelona. Development Le Viaduc de Millau took place in 2001 to 2004, first opened on December 14, 1994. The success of the construction of Le viaduc de Millau be evidence that a well-developed civil engineering in France. It is spend as much as 227.000 tons of concrete and 39.700 tonnes of steel for making the Le Viaduc de Millau.
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| Millau Bridge, Le Viaduc de Millau |
The main initiator in making the Le Viaduc de Milla is a bridge engineer from France named Michel Virlogeux. He collaborated with an architects from the UK to realize the construction of the highest bridge in the world. Construction is done very well so the Le Viaduc de Millau received an award from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) in the form of Outstanding Structure Award in 2006. The presence of Le Viaduc de Millau is not only as a means of transportation but also as a tourist attractions. Many travelers who are curious to try walking on an altitude of 343 meters. Sometimes, there are cloud in enough low altitude thus make the passer bridge can feel the sensation of flying through the air. The Le Viaduc de Millau equipped with transparent glass to protect the passer bridge from the wind
Le Viaduc de Millau is located in the south of France was built on the river Tarn in the Massif Central mountain, Millau. The Le Viaduc De Millau becomes the highest bridge in the world after beating a height of some bridges which have a high enough altitude as Sutong Yangtze River bridge in China (306 meters), Akashi-Kaikyo in Japan (298.3 meters), and Stonecutters in Hong Kong (298 meters). The Le Viaduc de Millau constructed using the technique of execution of Incremental Launching Method (ILM). ILM has been used to build the Caroni Bridge along 265 feet and crosses the Caroni River in Venezuela. Unfortunately, Caroni Bridge reported collapses in 2008, killing one person and there are four injuries. ILM patented since 1967, it is the work of Prof. Dr. Ing. F Leonhardt along with his partner, Willi Baur.
