anyone been here? viaduc de millau

[24ftlb]

Anyone been over this? How far from blighty?

http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/?lang=EN

Any trips planned????

Paul

[xrv_jim]

Originally Posted by 24ftlb

Anyone been over this? How far from blighty?

http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/?lang=EN

Any trips planned????

Paul

Hopefully going over it in the summer. It's about 600 miles from Calais on the main route to Spain.

[Whealie]

going over in the car at Easter and on the bike in July.

[Man up North]

F**k me . I bet it kicks up some nasty side winds while on a bike.

[piguglyshandydrinker]

Did it in Nov (see pic in Valencia trip in ride out's).

There's a viewing/information area halfway up the valley side below the bridge, difficult to get a perspective.
Till you see a bus on it and f**k me it's like a dot in the sky

Approach early on a morn is something else, hanging in the cloud and very eerie looking.

Actually travelling over was a slight dissapointment as the outer lane was closed off (when I went over) and there's high aerofoil type things along the edge, ruining any view

I guess they deflect side wind's, as shame but well worth a visit.
Oh and there's a crackin road from St Affrica to errm, can't remember where. But it's good

I'll shut up now

Phil

[Yeti]

Going over in the summer on the way to Spain! Anyone watch the program that showed how they built it!! incredible gamble!

I'm a towercrane operator but would still not have fancied building those piers in high winds!! Great view though I guess!

[Slimie]

Originally Posted by Yeti

Going over in the summer on the way to Spain! Anyone watch the program that showed how they built it!! incredible gamble!

I'm a towercrane operator but would still not have fancied building those piers in high winds!! Great view though I guess!

I know just what you mean, I did some work (photography) from a 49 metre tower crane, it was amazing that I even went up it having been petrified, lierally, of heights since I was a lad. I was staggered to hear that the tallest crane on the bridge construction was 249 metres tall.

How far would that continue to slew after you'd asked it to stop?

Cheers
-Simon

[Yeti]

In the windspeeds they were talking about!?!

Downwind - uncontrolably!!
Upwind - lucky if you would get it moving without burning out the slew motors!!

Would be one hell of a jib ride though doing 360 at full chat on the end of a jib at that height !!

or even a manriding cage ride with about 15m of wire out!!

I'm sure it would be worth loosing you job for if you were a base jumper though!! would be great exit on your last day of work!!

[djadams]

Originally Posted by piguglyshandydrinker

There's a viewing/information area halfway up the valley side below the bridge, difficult to get a perspective.

I just stopped in a layby to take this:



Sadly didn't take enough pics to make it smooth, but it's a cool bridge. Full size pic here. Unfortunately at that size you can see how bad the stitching is on my pic...

Frankly I figured riding the GENIUS road that goes underneath it would be more entertaining than riding the motorway that goes over it, so opted for that option. Recommended visit for sure.

[willb]

I'm planning a trip over there next summer, possibly a few other interesting places too.