“The bridge has a framework made of bamboo sticks and a carpet of several layers of canes cut in halves extends over it, absorbing the impact of the vehicles.” Would you risk a crossing?
France: Millau Viaduct (Below)
Leave it to the French to do horrifying with style. Running across the River Tarn, the Millau Viaduct runs more than a mile and a half across a massive gorge. “A cable-stayed, masted structure, the bridge is delicate, transparent, and has the optimum span between columns. Its construction broke several records: not least in that it superseded the Eiffel Tower as the tallest structure in all France.”
Last year the Tour de France bike race featured this bridge. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXeHS79kFQ |
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