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Candyland? The text under the picture says it is in Millau, candyland. I can't seem to find out how to correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.232.29.95 ( talk) 16:58, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
I've just reverted an edit by someone who wanted to switch the Millau Viaduct from tallest to second-tallest, in favour of Mexico's recently opened Baluarte bridge as the tallest. This claim is inconsistent with the careful distinction between tallest bridges and highest bridges made on the relevant pages. I note that the editor also did not attempt to modify the list of tallest-bridges-page, which still puts the Millau Viaduct at the top, making for an inconsistency.
Tallest, as defined elsewhere on Wikipedia, is talking about the distance from the base of the structure (where it emerges from the ground or the water) and the top of the structure, e.g., the top of a tower or pier. Highest, on the other hand, is talking about the distance from the road deck to the ground or water beneath. It is only on this second measure that the Baluarte bridge seems to be really remarkable, at 390m. The distance from the base of the Baluarte bridge's structure to the top of the piers is actually not listed anywhere in the news articles that I could see, but from the published diagrams here http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Baluarte_Bridge it seems that it is probably no more than 200m maximum.
So, as impressive as the Baluarte bridge is, it really should not be listed as the tallest. In fact it is not the highest bridge either, but I believe it possibly qualifies as the world's highest cable-stayed bridge?
Please don't revert the edit again without defending your reasoning here on the talk page.
81.159.49.168 ( talk) 10:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Look, I agree that the Baluarte bridge looks like a superb piece of engineering, and it's very spectacular. The wikipedia page for it could do with further development, I agree. But you really did not address the substantive reason behind my edit. Baluarte is *not* the tallest bridge in the sense that Wikipedia has defined "tallest". Tallest is all about the height of the structural parts of the bridge, i.e., the piers or pylons. "Highest" is the criterion that the Baluarte bridge can compete for; it seems to be about 400m from road deck down to the river below. Have you read the wikipedia pages listing "highest" and "tallest" bridges, and their accompanying definitions? Do you have any evidence that Baluarte qualifies for tallest rather than highest? From my inspection of all the images and engineering diagrams I could get my hands on, it looks nowhere near the Millau viaduct in terms of the *height of the structure* rather than the distance to the ground below the structure.
I'm sorry this has come from an IP address edit; you're right, I really should get a proper account. But I am not trying to do mindless vandalism here. I'm disagreeing with you on a very specific point of fact. You say you don't edit-war but someone (perhaps not you) seems to have changed the article straight back again. I will go and get an account now so you will take me more seriously -- although perhaps one would have hoped to be judged on the content rather than the signature! (I'm the same person as above, I've just moved computers in the intervening interval.)
152.78.64.28 ( talk) 13:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
I have added the line Later in 2012 it will be surpassed by Mexico's Baluarte bridge [1] In an attempt to accurately report the facts. All of this should not be written in the lead but in a subsection below. I firmly believe we cannot go much farther until the Baluarte bridge page has been improved.-- ClemRutter ( talk) 14:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Just a couple of observations. We (Wikipedians) do not define "highest" or "tallest". We use reliable sources. If reliable sources differ in how they define "highest" and "tallest", then we acknowledge the differences. If our only source for "tallest" and/or "highest" is a government, agency or company connected to the bridge, then we can only say that the source has claimed that their bridge is "highest", "tallest", or whatever. When reliable third-party sources weigh in, we can cite their judgments on relative height under various criteria. -- Donald Albury 12:24, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
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Is toll plaza in 4 km north of bridge or 6 km north of bridge? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MEOGLOBAL ( talk • contribs) 22:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I have found (from this source: http://atkinson-and-company.co.uk/index.php/photography/11-millau-viaduct ) out that the radius of the viaduct is 20km in length. Maybe it should be mentioned here? I just wanted to let any superiors know if I could add it in EoghanG93 ( talk) 18:04, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Pier 2 total height: 343 m (1,125 ft)
But, when summed up: pier to roadway's level 245 m (804 ft) + road's thickness 4.2 m (13 ¾ ft) + mast 87 m (285 ft) = 336.2 m (1102 ¾)
So, there is 6.8 m (22 ¼ ft) missing somewhere, but where? And how can clearance be 270 metres (890 ft), if tallest pylon is 245 metres and road is 4.2 m thick, totaling 249.2 m (818 ft)?
85.217.42.90 (
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I just looked the french wiki article and it goes lower between two highest pylons, so that answers the clearance question. 85.217.42.90 ( talk) 03:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
We seem to have attracted some serious experimenters - I have taken the text back three days but may have lost so important changes- sorry but I am busy else where. I did cross the bridge on the 5th September so I can confirm that the bridge is still there. To our new experimenters can I suggest you try to write some articles on the Tunnel de Pas d'Escalette also on the A75 or Lac du Salagou- Wikipedia is even more rewarding when you have contributed something. -- Clem Rutter ( talk) 20:38, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
I am concerned that no one (outside the US) would ever guess that this refers to the 'Aire du Viaduc de Millau´ a Aire de repos to the north of the viaduct noted for its two panorama points. I would like to do a small rewrite- changing the section title to use the official name and introducing the wording 'aire de repos'. I am asking for opinions first. -- Clem Rutter ( talk) 09:25, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Is this a mistake? "1. the high solution, envisaging a 2,500 m (8,200 ft) viaduct more than 200 m (660 ft) above the river; 2. the low solution, descending into the valley and crossing the river on a 200 m (660 ft) bridge, then a viaduct of 2,300 m (7,500 ft) extended by a tunnel on the Larzac side." It gives the height for both as "660ft", which makes "high" and "low" meaningless, and it gives the height as 890ft elsewhere. AnnaGoFast ( talk) 18:28, 21 January 2016 (UTC) AnnaGoFast ( talk) 18:28, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
It would be interesting if anyone can find sources to add to the article: the opponents variously said the bridge wouldn't be used, or it wouldn't solve the congestion (too little impact), or it would take too much traffic away from the town (too much impact)... who was right? Did the bridge fix the problem of too much traffic? Does traffic increase measurably when people come to see the bridge? 72.208.150.248 ( talk) 01:41, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
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Does anyone know this, or where this information can be found? It's probably in a French-language journal or other document, & unfortunately I only speak & read tourist French. Any pointers gratefully received. [[User talk:Archolman|talk]] ( talk) 14:45, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
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The Construction Records subsection states that "The highest road bridge deck in Europe, 270 metres (890 ft) above the Tarn at its highest point; it is nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest vehicular bridges in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria and the Italia Viaduct in Italy." This is not wrong, per se, but it is misleading, as the first half of the sentence is about deck height, the second about how tall it is, from base to top of the structure, so structural height. I think it would be better to specify by how much it bested the previous European record for deck height (the Italia viaduct, by 10 m) and then discuss structural height. Should we make two separate points? Or keep the single point but split and expand the sentence? Mariupolo ( talk) 08:11, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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Candyland? The text under the picture says it is in Millau, candyland. I can't seem to find out how to correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.232.29.95 ( talk) 16:58, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
I've just reverted an edit by someone who wanted to switch the Millau Viaduct from tallest to second-tallest, in favour of Mexico's recently opened Baluarte bridge as the tallest. This claim is inconsistent with the careful distinction between tallest bridges and highest bridges made on the relevant pages. I note that the editor also did not attempt to modify the list of tallest-bridges-page, which still puts the Millau Viaduct at the top, making for an inconsistency.
Tallest, as defined elsewhere on Wikipedia, is talking about the distance from the base of the structure (where it emerges from the ground or the water) and the top of the structure, e.g., the top of a tower or pier. Highest, on the other hand, is talking about the distance from the road deck to the ground or water beneath. It is only on this second measure that the Baluarte bridge seems to be really remarkable, at 390m. The distance from the base of the Baluarte bridge's structure to the top of the piers is actually not listed anywhere in the news articles that I could see, but from the published diagrams here http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Baluarte_Bridge it seems that it is probably no more than 200m maximum.
So, as impressive as the Baluarte bridge is, it really should not be listed as the tallest. In fact it is not the highest bridge either, but I believe it possibly qualifies as the world's highest cable-stayed bridge?
Please don't revert the edit again without defending your reasoning here on the talk page.
81.159.49.168 ( talk) 10:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Look, I agree that the Baluarte bridge looks like a superb piece of engineering, and it's very spectacular. The wikipedia page for it could do with further development, I agree. But you really did not address the substantive reason behind my edit. Baluarte is *not* the tallest bridge in the sense that Wikipedia has defined "tallest". Tallest is all about the height of the structural parts of the bridge, i.e., the piers or pylons. "Highest" is the criterion that the Baluarte bridge can compete for; it seems to be about 400m from road deck down to the river below. Have you read the wikipedia pages listing "highest" and "tallest" bridges, and their accompanying definitions? Do you have any evidence that Baluarte qualifies for tallest rather than highest? From my inspection of all the images and engineering diagrams I could get my hands on, it looks nowhere near the Millau viaduct in terms of the *height of the structure* rather than the distance to the ground below the structure.
I'm sorry this has come from an IP address edit; you're right, I really should get a proper account. But I am not trying to do mindless vandalism here. I'm disagreeing with you on a very specific point of fact. You say you don't edit-war but someone (perhaps not you) seems to have changed the article straight back again. I will go and get an account now so you will take me more seriously -- although perhaps one would have hoped to be judged on the content rather than the signature! (I'm the same person as above, I've just moved computers in the intervening interval.)
152.78.64.28 ( talk) 13:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
I have added the line Later in 2012 it will be surpassed by Mexico's Baluarte bridge [1] In an attempt to accurately report the facts. All of this should not be written in the lead but in a subsection below. I firmly believe we cannot go much farther until the Baluarte bridge page has been improved.-- ClemRutter ( talk) 14:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Just a couple of observations. We (Wikipedians) do not define "highest" or "tallest". We use reliable sources. If reliable sources differ in how they define "highest" and "tallest", then we acknowledge the differences. If our only source for "tallest" and/or "highest" is a government, agency or company connected to the bridge, then we can only say that the source has claimed that their bridge is "highest", "tallest", or whatever. When reliable third-party sources weigh in, we can cite their judgments on relative height under various criteria. -- Donald Albury 12:24, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
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Is toll plaza in 4 km north of bridge or 6 km north of bridge? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MEOGLOBAL ( talk • contribs) 22:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I have found (from this source: http://atkinson-and-company.co.uk/index.php/photography/11-millau-viaduct ) out that the radius of the viaduct is 20km in length. Maybe it should be mentioned here? I just wanted to let any superiors know if I could add it in EoghanG93 ( talk) 18:04, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Pier 2 total height: 343 m (1,125 ft)
But, when summed up: pier to roadway's level 245 m (804 ft) + road's thickness 4.2 m (13 ¾ ft) + mast 87 m (285 ft) = 336.2 m (1102 ¾)
So, there is 6.8 m (22 ¼ ft) missing somewhere, but where? And how can clearance be 270 metres (890 ft), if tallest pylon is 245 metres and road is 4.2 m thick, totaling 249.2 m (818 ft)?
85.217.42.90 (
talk) 03:36, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
I just looked the french wiki article and it goes lower between two highest pylons, so that answers the clearance question. 85.217.42.90 ( talk) 03:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
We seem to have attracted some serious experimenters - I have taken the text back three days but may have lost so important changes- sorry but I am busy else where. I did cross the bridge on the 5th September so I can confirm that the bridge is still there. To our new experimenters can I suggest you try to write some articles on the Tunnel de Pas d'Escalette also on the A75 or Lac du Salagou- Wikipedia is even more rewarding when you have contributed something. -- Clem Rutter ( talk) 20:38, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
I am concerned that no one (outside the US) would ever guess that this refers to the 'Aire du Viaduc de Millau´ a Aire de repos to the north of the viaduct noted for its two panorama points. I would like to do a small rewrite- changing the section title to use the official name and introducing the wording 'aire de repos'. I am asking for opinions first. -- Clem Rutter ( talk) 09:25, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Is this a mistake? "1. the high solution, envisaging a 2,500 m (8,200 ft) viaduct more than 200 m (660 ft) above the river; 2. the low solution, descending into the valley and crossing the river on a 200 m (660 ft) bridge, then a viaduct of 2,300 m (7,500 ft) extended by a tunnel on the Larzac side." It gives the height for both as "660ft", which makes "high" and "low" meaningless, and it gives the height as 890ft elsewhere. AnnaGoFast ( talk) 18:28, 21 January 2016 (UTC) AnnaGoFast ( talk) 18:28, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
It would be interesting if anyone can find sources to add to the article: the opponents variously said the bridge wouldn't be used, or it wouldn't solve the congestion (too little impact), or it would take too much traffic away from the town (too much impact)... who was right? Did the bridge fix the problem of too much traffic? Does traffic increase measurably when people come to see the bridge? 72.208.150.248 ( talk) 01:41, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
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Does anyone know this, or where this information can be found? It's probably in a French-language journal or other document, & unfortunately I only speak & read tourist French. Any pointers gratefully received. [[User talk:Archolman|talk]] ( talk) 14:45, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
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The Construction Records subsection states that "The highest road bridge deck in Europe, 270 metres (890 ft) above the Tarn at its highest point; it is nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest vehicular bridges in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria and the Italia Viaduct in Italy." This is not wrong, per se, but it is misleading, as the first half of the sentence is about deck height, the second about how tall it is, from base to top of the structure, so structural height. I think it would be better to specify by how much it bested the previous European record for deck height (the Italia viaduct, by 10 m) and then discuss structural height. Should we make two separate points? Or keep the single point but split and expand the sentence? Mariupolo ( talk) 08:11, 30 August 2022 (UTC)