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 * 1) What is the name of the bridge? **The name of the bridge I researched was the Millau Viaduct.**
 * 2) When and where was the bridge built? **The bridge was officially opened for service on December 14, 2004 after three years of construction. It is located in Southern France over the Tarn River Valley.**
 * 3) What is the purpose of this bridge? **What does it span and what does it connect? The purpose of the bridge was for people to be able to drive across the extremely deep Tarn River Valley, which it spans over.**
 * 4) What type of bridge is it (arch, suspension, cable, beam, etc.)? **The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge but also has arches and piers to help it stay up.**
 * 5) How much did it cost? **The bridge cost a whopping 400 million euros or $541,040,574 in American money.**
 * 6) What materials were used to build this bridge? **The bridge is primarily made of concrete, steel, and metal stays (used for the cables).**
 * 7) What were some of the special challenges that the bridge engineers faced? How did they overcome these challenges? **The main challenge when making this bridge was the overall size it had to be to cross the valley. They overcame this difficulty with lots of time spent planning. There were 14 years from when the first plans were laid out until the final plan was approved for construction.**
 * 8) How long did it take to build this bridge? **The bridge took 14 years of planning and a timely 3 years of construction, finishing 1 month ahead of schedule.**
 * 9) What are the measurements of this bridge? **The bridge is 8,071 feet long.** **The highest point of the roadway over the valley is 919 feet and the highest point overall is 1,125 feet on top of the tallest pillar which is actually the tallest point on any bridge ever built! The average height of the bridge is also the tallest ever at 886 feet. The average thickness of the roadway is 13 feet 9 inches. The average width is 105 feet two inches.**
 * 10) Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge? **The Millau Viaduct at it's tallest point is even taller than the Eiffel Tower! It also weighs a massive 320,00 tons, which is why it is able to support the 10,000-25,000 cars that drive on it every day!**
 * Here is a [|link] to the official website of the Millau Viaduct**

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