POST 324 02DEC2017 THE MILHAU BRIDGE -Exercise DARING

POST 324 02DEC2017
THE MILHAU BRIDGE -
 Exercise DARING

 

	POST 324 December 02, 2017 From The Thursday Messenger
	“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”  SWQ  (SWQ: Safest Way of Quoting, Buddha)

	www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 324   02 December 2017  The Viaduct of Milhau
	The Viaduct of Milhau A new bridge brings people Closer to each other If we don’t cross the bridge We will never feel The soul of the river below We will be forever The one who did not dare To cross the bridge This tallest bridge Or any other in life.        Charles Phan-Hoang (Oct. 2005)

Le Viaduc de Milhau Arrived at this place one nice afternoon 2005 I was so impressed that I stayed very long moment to admire the giant bridge and the beauty of the environment. Then I performed some favourite exercises before crossing the bridge. The Milhau Bridge  ( le Viaduc de Milhau) is the tallest bridge in the world (until 2013) with one mast's summit at 343 metres above the base of the structure, so it is higher than the Eiffel Tower (324m). This giant viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the River Tarn near Milhau in southern France. It was built over three years, formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004. The bridge has been consistently ranked as one of the great engineering achievements of all time. In a Franco-British partnership it was designed by the English architect Sir Norman Foster and French structural engineer Dr Michel Virlogeux. The cost of construction was approximately € 394 million.

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