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    Default Worlds highest bridge

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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Following some recent advice from Rampino, i can tell you that clouds are a very unsuitable base for foundations!

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    Looks good, though what was the reason for building so high? Looks like they could have taken the road down into the valley a bit. [I havent got time to read the rest of the article...]

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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Yea thats the French bridge they drove some cars over it in Top Gear one time it can rise and fall up to 10 feet in places depending on the weather and temprature

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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Nice pics, though I think you will find the tallest proper bridge (cross water) is the Akashi Kaikyo.
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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Reminds me of Pink Floyd the Wall

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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Drove across it a couple of times
    Its feckin awesome, & very very high!!!
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    [QUOTE=cronus71;2177191]Reminds me of Pink Floyd the Wall
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    Or gelatin manufacture!



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    Hey, I was there on Saturday. Drove over it and went down in to Millau to look up at it from the valley. Built by the French but designed by the English (Sir Norman Foster).

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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Quote Originally Posted by mladen View Post
    Nice pics, though I think you will find the tallest proper bridge (cross water) is the Akashi Kaikyo.
    Aaah, but the title says the worlds "highest" bridge not tallest. At it highest point, you could fit the Eiffel Tower under the road deck of the Millau Viaduct.
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    Im bad, i live near it and have not seen it yet, but im gonna soon.

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    I feel dizzy just looking at it.

    Good job it's not in the UK otherwise it would sway everytime someone walked across it.
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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    that takes all the fun out of ragging it down a massive hill, which would be the alternative. We need to get into industrial sized big dippers, none of this bridging bullshit. Bridges are for pussies.
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    Meh, I've seen bigger.
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    Default Re: Worlds highest bridge

    Imagine how big the cranes used to construct it must've been

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    Bertroot, going by your history I'd still say you're the highest Bridge

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