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Construction of the Millau Viaduct

2,460 m (8,071 ft): total length of the roadway

7: number of piers

77 m (253 ft): height of Pier 7, the shortest

343 m (1,125 ft): height of Pier 2, the tallest (245 m/804 ft at the roadway’s level)

87 m (285 ft): height of a mast

154: number of shrouds

270 m (886 ft): average height of the roadway

4.20 m (13 ft 9 in): thickness of the roadway

32.05 m (105 ft 2 in): width of the roadway

85,000 m³ (111,000 cu yd): total volume of concrete used

290,000 metric tons (320,000 short tons): total weight of the bridge

10,000–25,000 vehicles: estimated daily traffic

€6.00–7.50: typical automobile toll, as of December 2009

20 km (12 mi): horizontal radius of curvature of the road deck

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