The BBC reports that “The world’s highest road bridge has been inaugurated in southern France by President Jacques Chirac.”
The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high – taller even than the country’s Eiffel Tower.
The bridge, which opens to traffic on Thursday, was built to clear summer traffic jams around the town.
The French site le Viaduc de Millau has some more information, although you may need to use the services of Babelfish or Google Language Tools if you don’t read French.
This bridge looks awfully cool, although at that height I’d probably be too scared to appreciate it… 🙂
