France gets highway in the sky with world’s tallest road bridge

A €400 million technological wonder piercing the sky above the green hills of southern France was officially inaugurated yesterday as jet fighters trailed red, white and blue smoke over the world’s tallest road bridge.

President Jacques Chirac lifted a French flag from a plaque and dedicated the Millau span, billed as the world's tallest road bridge.

"Mission accomplished," said Jean-Francois Roverato, president of the Eiffage construction group that built and will operate the bridge.