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Millau Viaduct

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The Millau Viaduct is a multi span cable stayed road bridge across the gorge of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France, completed in 2004 to a design by architect Norman Foster and structural engineer Michel Virlogeux. Carrying the A75 autoroute over a crossing 2,460 meters long, it reaches a total height of 343 meters, a record that made it the tallest bridge in the world for more than two decades, and it is regarded as a landmark of contemporary engineering driven architecture.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Cable-stayed bridge 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Millau, France 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
2004 1
Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account
343 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Bridge 1
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Bridge, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Millau Viaduct (Wikipedia)

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Source Millau Viaduct (Wikipedia)
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1. Millau Viaduct (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia "Millau Viaduct" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    The Millau Viaduct is a multi span cable stayed road bridge across the gorge of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France, completed in 2004 to a design by architect Norman Foster and structural engineer Michel Virlogeux. Carrying the A75 autoroute over a crossing 2,460 meters long, it reaches a total height of 343 meters, a record that made it the tallest bridge in the world for more than two decades, and it is regarded as a landmark of contemporary engineering driven architecture.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (2004)
    The Millau Viaduct (French: Viaduc de Millau [vja.dyk dÉ™ mi.jo]) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France. The design team was led by engineer Michel Virlogeux and English architect Norman Foster. It was the tallest bridge in the world for over two decades (un
  • Uses Element: Concrete, Infobox material field: Concrete, steel
  • Uses Element: Steel, Infobox material field: Concrete, steel
  • In Style: High-Tech Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:High-tech architecture
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2. Millau Viaduct (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Cable-stayed bridge)
    Wikidata item Q99236, instance of (P31): cable-stayed bridge
  • Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 343.0
    Wikidata item Q99236, property P2048 (height): 343.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Millau, France
    Wikidata item Q99236, property P131/P17 (location): Millau, France
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