MILLAU, France--You first see it from miles away. And after an afternoon spent driving toward it and weeks of planning a visit here, it's fair to wonder if it will live up to expectations. And there ...

The Rolling Bridge is perhaps one of the most innovative movable bridges ever conceived. It’s much more than the usual linear ...

“The greatest elegance is to design something which is slender and beautiful and well integrated with the site.” Those are the words of Michel Virlogeux, the structural brains behind the Millau ...

Soaring across the scenic landscape, it’s indisputably one of the most beautiful bridges in the world. Often swathed by mist, so that it feels like crossing through clouds, it is so famous that it has ...

A photograph of the Millau Viaduct from the temporary visitors' area during the first weekend of the summer vacation season, July 2, 2005. ERIC CABANIS / AFP The boat meandered gently through the ...

Foster and Partners’ Viaduc de Millau in southern France is the highest, longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, and it opens in December. We admire the view, talks to the engineer and meets some ...

Great bridges are the truest form of public art, icons of functional elegance meant to be used as well as admired. Few contemporary structures fulfill this dual mandate as well as the Millau Viaduct, ...

Millau Viaduct, a multi-span cable-stayed bridge in southern France is a perfect example of where engineering meets art. Often shrouded in fog, it is indisputably one of the most beautiful bridges in ...