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,
Chishi Bridge Chishi Bridge The Chishi Bridge is a bridge carrying the G76 Xiamen–Chengdu Expressway over a deep valley. At the longest span is longer than France's Millau Viaduct, which has a similar structure, but is longer and higher than the Chishi Bridge. On June 10, 2017, the "New York Times" offered the Chishi Bridge as an example of one of China's many troubled bridge projects. They reported that the bridge's construction was significantly delayed, and went fifty percent over budget. In addition, they reported that, once complete, the bridge was under-used, because the toll, equivalent to $3 USD, was too expensive