Millau Viaduct on 13 May 2007: Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct (, ) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in southern France. In a Franco-British partnership, it was designed by the English architect Lord Norman Foster and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux. , it is the tallest bridge in the world, having a structural height of . The Millau Viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers and Montpellier. The cost of construction was approximately € 394 million. It was built over three years, formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004,
Millau Viaduct situated at each side of the toll plaza. The total cost was €20 million. The rest area of Brocuéjouls, named "Aire du Viaduc de Millau", is situated just north of the viaduct, and is centred on an old farm building named 'Ferme de Brocuéjouls'. It was inaugurated by the prefect of Aveyron, Chantal Jourdan, on 30 June 2006, after 7 months of works. The farm and its surroundings can accommodate entertainment and tourism promotion activities. The cost of this work amounted to € 5.8 million: Unusually for a bridge closed to pedestrians, a run took place in 2004, and another