By Lifting the Millau Apron Before Each 600 Mm Step, Engineers Literally Advanced 36,000 Tonnes of Steel Until 2004

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The construction of the Viaduct of Millau, in France, hides one of the most impressive engineering operations of the 21st century. To position the gigantic metal structure over the valley of the Tarn River, engineers used a hydraulic system capable of moving thousands of tons in small advances of only 600 millimeters. The operation required extreme precision and...

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Imagine lifting a metal apron as heavy as thirty-six thousand tons of steel, then pushing it sixty centimetres, again and again, until it crosses an entire valley. That's exactly what the Millau viaduct teams succeeded in doing, thanks to a precision mechanics as discreet as it is impressive. To remember Sixty-four translators equipped with jacks [...]