Verrières Viaduct
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CarriesVehicles on the A75 autoroute
CrossesRiver Lumensonesque
LocaleVerrières, Aveyron, Occitanie, southern France
Verrières Viaduct Viaduc de Verrières | |
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 View in November 2003 | |
| Coordinates | 44°11′50″N 3°03′55″E / 44.1972°N 3.0652°E |
| Carries | Vehicles on the A75 autoroute |
| Crosses | River Lumensonesque |
| Locale | Verrières, Aveyron, Occitanie, southern France |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Box girder bridge |
| Material | Steel reinforced concrete composite |
| Total length | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
| Width | 23.5 m (77 ft) |
| Height | 141 m (463 ft) |
| Longest span | 144 m (472 ft) |
| No. of spans | 6 |
| History | |
| Architect | André Mascarelli |
| Constructed by | Spie Batignolles[1] (concrete road deck), Groupe Razel (concrete piers) |
| Construction start | August 1998 |
| Construction end | January 2002 |
| Construction cost | 36,635,000 euros |
| Opened | 2002 |
| Inaugurated | 2002 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Verrières Viaduct | |
The Verrières Viaduct is a curved 720-metre long concrete autoroute box girder bridge in the south of France, which at one point was briefly the highest bridge in France; it is roughly 141 metres (463 ft) tall. The nearby Millau Viaduct, completed in 2004 and standing at 343 metres (1,125 ft) tall, is currently the tallest bridge in France.
