Creissels: Viaduc de Millau - A75
Creissels is best known in southern France for the Millau Viaduct, the cable-stayed structure carrying the A75 across the Tarn valley. Opened in 2004, it was conceived by engineer Michel Virlogeux and architect Norman Foster; its tallest mast rises to 343 metres, placing the crossing among the world’s tallest bridges. The viaduct provides a high-level route around Millau, above the broad limestone country on the edge of the Massif Central. Creissels stands at the southern end of the bridge, where the Tarn valley cuts between steep slopes. This major north–south road link through inland Occitania has made the viaduct a landmark of modern French civil engineering.
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Creissels sits at the confluence of the Tarn and Cernon rivers in Occitania, France, where the Tarn valley meets the limestone uplands of the Causse du Larzac. This small Aveyron commune lies beside Millau, within the Grands Causses regional landscape of deep gorges, dry plateaux and river corridors. The Cernon joins the Tarn at the edge of the settlement, anchoring Creissels between watercourses and the high causses. Nearby, the Millau Viaduct, opened in 2004, carries the A75 motorway across the Tarn valley and is a landmark of contemporary French engineering. Move on to other webcams in Occitania to compare the river valleys and causses around Creissels.
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