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 * 1) What is the name of the bridge? **The Millau Viaduct**.
 * 2) When and where was the bridge built? **The Bridge was built between 2001 and 2004. It stands today in Millau in Southern France.**
 * 3) What is the purpose of this bridge? What does it span and what does it connect? **The bridge goes over the River Tarn over Tarn Valley. The bridge now links the Causse de Larzac and the Causse de Rouge.**
 * 4) Why was this bridge needed? **The Bridge was** **needed for a direct highway route so that commuters would not have to go all the way through the valley to get across. Traffic was so bad in the valley that traffic could stand for hours at a time. The bridge not only made travel more c****onvenient for drivers but also for those living in the valley.**
 * 5) What type of bridge is it (arch, suspension, cable, beam, etc.)?**The Millau Viaduct is a cable stayed road bridge.**
 * 6) How much did it cost? **The Millau Viaduct costed $524 Million dollars, or 394 million euros or 272 million pounds.**
 * 7) What materials were used to build this bridge? **The Millau Viaduct is primarly made of concrete and steel.**
 * 8) What were some of the special challenges that the bridge engineers faced? How did they overcome these challenges? **Due to bad weather conditions, engineers had to put back the opening** **date to January of 2005. However, engineers were able to work through, and finish the bridge on December 14, 2004, three years after the first stone was laid when creating the bridge.**
 * 9) How long did it take to build this bridge? **Construction began on O****ctober 10, 2001 and ended on December 14, 2004.**
 * 10) What are the measurements of this bridge? **The bridge is 2.5 km long. The highest point is 1,125 feet high, and the road height is 918 feet high.**
 * 11) Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge?
 * 12) **The Millau Viaduct is twice as high as the previously tallest bridge in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria.**
 * 13) **At it's highest point, the Millau Viaduct is even taller than the Eiffel Tower itself.**
 * 14) **It is the tallest road bridge deck in the world.**
 * 15) **It is so tall, drivers can sometimes drive above the clouds.**

If you want to learn more about the Millau bridge you can log onto it's offical website [|here.]