 the millau viaduct (, ) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the river tarn near millau in southern france. designed by the french structural engineer michel virlogeux and british architect norman foster, it is the tallest bridge in the world with one mast's summit at  above the base of the structure.bridge claims record, sydney morning herald, sydney, january 2012spiegel online (in german) 'es ist noch nicht fertig' it is the 12th highest bridge deck in the world, being  between the road deck and the ground below. millau viaduct is part of the a75-a71 autoroute axis from paris to bÃ©ziers and montpellier. construction cost was approximately â¬400 million. it was formally inaugurated 
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