the millau bridge

The tallest road bridge ever built has just opened in Millau, France. It is 23 feet taller than the Eiffel Tower. If you go to this BBC article about it, I recommend watching the video available in the upper-right hand corner, because the imagery is spectacular and BBC reporters always manage to sound so funny somehow.

The architect responsible, Norman Foster, said the bridge was designed to have the "delicacy of a butterfly", which may be less than comforting to those speeding along 885 feet above the floor of the valley below.