December 15, 2004
A New Bridge
The French have opened a fantastic bridge today, a 1.6 mile bridge 891 feet above the Tarn River valley running through France’s Massif Central mountains and providing another link to the Med.
It is a visually stunning piece done by Lord Foster, "the steel-and-concrete bridge with its streamlined diagonal suspension cables rests on seven pillars – the tallest measuring 1,122 feet, making it 53 feet taller than the Eiffel Tower."
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Fabulous, no?
Posted by Random Penseur at December 15, 2004 10:01 AMWhat a fantastic structure!
Posted by: GrammarQueen at December 15, 2004 10:09 AMGood gosh. As someone stricken by heights and not overly fond of bridges, I get queasy just thinking of driving over that thing. How do you see when you're half way across and the clouds roll in?
Posted by: Mark C N Sullivan at December 15, 2004 10:27 AMThat is an excellent question, Mark. Beats the hell out of me.
Posted by: RP at December 15, 2004 10:57 AMOhgawd, that's beautiful to look at -- art, really. But I'm with Mark. I'm having a panic attack just visualizing driving on that thing.
What's on the other side better be REALLY F'N IMPORTANT, if you know what I mean. Heh.
Posted by: Margi at December 15, 2004 12:31 PMIt's so beautiful it looks fake! I mean that in a good way! Wow, like a painting...
Posted by: Amber at December 15, 2004 06:53 PMI usually find little beauty in concrete and cable. Normally I can't understand those who can. But this structure is stunning. Absolutely gorgeous. I'd love to just have a lovely oil painting of it to hang on my wall. Thanks for showing us that awesome thing.
Posted by: Roberta S at December 16, 2004 01:34 AM