Millau Viaduct

FATİH MEHMET TAYLI130204102

Location

The Viaduck locatedsouth of France,valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France

Specifications

Reasons

 Traffic on the route from Paris to Spain

Travel Time Reduced Between Spain & France.

Materials The bridge is made of steel and concrete at a cost of 390 million

Euros (520 million dollars). The project required about 127,000 m³ of concrete, 19,000 metric tons of steel for the reinforced concrete, and 5,000 metric tons of pre-stressed steel for the cables and shrouds. 

The steel board is made up 36,000 tons of metal frame, 7 times the Eiffel Tower.

Concrete The concrete of the abutments and piles amounted to 85 000 m3

of which more than 50 000 m3 of concrete are high, less than B60, or a total of more than 205 000 tonnes of concrete, 40 times the Eiffel Tower .

Steel wire ropes

Technology Used Advantages of multiple span cable-

stayed bridge Hydraulic system lifts intermediate �

temporary piers Safety barriers � Wind breaking screens � A video surveillance system � � Automatic accident detector system

Hydrolic system

Advatages

“High Solution” �

Less traffic congestion near Millau �

Increased tourism �

Economic boom

Awards

2006 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Outstanding Structure Award.

"Exceptional Recognition for Civil Engineering �Structures" by the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib)

2005 D&AD Gold Award in Environmental Design and �Architecture

Referances

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct

http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Millau_Viaduct

http://structurae.net/structures/millau-viaduct

http://www.engineeringcivil.com/millau-viaduct-france-extreme-

engineering.html

Questions ?

Fatih TAYLI