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Land Use Below Viaducts: Over Water
Land Use Below Viaducts: Over Water
Viaducts over water are often combined with other types of bridges or tunnels to cross navigable
waters. The viaduct sections, while less expensive to design and build than tunnels or bridges with
larger spans, typically lack sufficient horizontal and vertical clearance for large ships. See
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River
Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, in
collaboration with architect Norman Robert Foster, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with
one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft)slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38 m (125 ft)
shorter than the Empire State Building. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004 and opened
to traffic two days later. The viaduct DanyangKunshan Grand Bridge in China is the longest bridge
in the world according toGuinness World Records as of 2011.[9]
Where a viaduct is built across land rather than water, the space below the arches may be used for
businesses such as car parking, vehicle repairs, light industry, bars and nightclubs. In the United
Kingdom, many railway lines in urban areas have been constructed on viaducts, and so the
infrastructure owner Network Rail has an extensive property portfolio in arches under viaducts.[10]
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The Millau Viaduct, and the town of Millau, France on the right. It is the
tallest bridge in the world.
Crumlin Viaduct, on the Taff Vale Extension of the West Midland Railway,
1855.
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