Millau, France Viaduct.2

Length: 2,460 m
Width: 32 m
Maximum height: 343 m, or 19 m higher than the Eiffel Tower
Slope: 3.025 %, going up from north to south in the direction Clermont-Ferrand Béziers
Curve: 20 km
Height of the tallest pier (P2): 245 m
Height of the pylons: 87 m
Number of piers: 7
Length of the spans: Two end spans of 204 m each and six central spans of 342 m each.
Number of stays: 154 (11 pairs per pylon laid out in one mono-axial layer)
Tension of the stays: from 900 t to 1 200 t for the longest
Weight of the steel deck: 36 000 t, or 5 times that of the Eiffel Tower
Volume of concrete: 85 000 m3, or 206 000 t
Cost of the construction: 400 M€
Contract duration: 78 years 3 years for construction and 75 years of operations
Structural guarantee: 120 years

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