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au Viaductau, France

Joni Corbinor, Civil Engineering

December 1, 2009 Millau Viaduct 2

duction

Tarn River Valley

A-75 Motorway


Bridge


of Project

320 million euros = 480 million dollars


Organization


Records

P2 (244.8 m) & P3(221.7 m) = tallest bridge piersPylon 2 = highest mast

Road deck = highest above ground


terials

ConcretePiersAbutments

SteelDeckPylonsStay Cables


Deck

S355 steel: 23 500 tons

S460 steel: 12 500 tons

4 lanes wide


onstruction

Elements of the Deck Expanded


rary Piers

Telescoping Piers

173 meters tall


eployment


onstruction

7 piers = 7 worksites = 53000 m3 concrete


ylons


onstruction


ables

T-15 Cables

Half Fan Pattern


Testing

Loaded Deflection

Wind Loading


on Bridge

DL = 37,500 metric tons steel Bridge length = 2460 m

– Therefore DL = 10.25 klf

LL = 640 plf / lane 4 Lanes of Traffic

– Therefore LL = 2.56 klf

Sections

Cable

Pylon

Deck Box GirderI = 3 m4


D = 4.2 in to 6 in

0

1

2

3

4

5

0 10 20 30 40

X

Y


A Model

ed Shape


Max deflection = 2.729 inches

Forces


Blue = Tension Green = Compression


estions?crimson.ua.edu


erences

http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm http://cnrsm.creteil.iufm.fr/g01_dp/viaduc_millau http://www.engineeringcivil.com/millau-viaduct-f http://artofdesign.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/the

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