k wrote:
] ] Engineers brought the two central ends of the Millau road
] ] viaduct in southwest France together, completing the span
] ] of the highest bridge in the world.
] ]
] ] The road surface is 270 metres above ground, a world
] ] record, and the total structure, with suspension cables
] ] added will be 343 metres (1,132 feet) above ground at its
] ] highest point or 23 metres higher than the Eiffel Tower.
]
] [ Holy crap bridges are cool. Awesome. -k]

Very cool. I wonder if the Gibraltar bridge will ever be built:

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/eti/projects/bridgemain.html

Such an ambitious project.

RE: Yahoo! News - Span of French Millau bridge, world highest, is completed