Millau Viaduct
E103783
The Millau Viaduct is a record-breaking cable-stayed road bridge in southern France, renowned as one of the tallest bridges in the world and an iconic feat of modern engineering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Millau Viaduct canonical | 20 |
| Millau Viaduct section | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717502 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Millau Viaduct Context triple: [Occitanie, hasNotableBridge, Millau Viaduct]
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A.
Garabit Viaduct
The Garabit Viaduct is a 19th-century wrought-iron railway arch bridge in southern France, renowned as an engineering landmark and one of the most impressive early large-scale works of Gustave Eiffel.
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B.
Puente de Alcántara
Puente de Alcántara is a historic Roman stone arch bridge spanning the Tagus River at Toledo, Spain, renowned for its medieval towers and role as a key entrance to the old city.
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C.
Maria Pia Bridge
Maria Pia Bridge is a historic 19th-century iron railway arch bridge spanning the Douro River in Porto, Portugal, renowned for its pioneering engineering and elegant single-span design.
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D.
Pont du Mont-Blanc
Pont du Mont-Blanc is a major bridge in Geneva, Switzerland, spanning the Rhône at the outlet of Lake Geneva and serving as a central traffic artery with views of the city’s famous lakeside landmarks.
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Pont de Saint-Nazaire
Pont de Saint-Nazaire is a large cable-stayed road bridge in western France that spans the Loire estuary, linking the city of Saint-Nazaire with the south bank near Saint-Brevin-les-Pins.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Millau Viaduct Target entity description: The Millau Viaduct is a record-breaking cable-stayed road bridge in southern France, renowned as one of the tallest bridges in the world and an iconic feat of modern engineering.
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A.
Garabit Viaduct
The Garabit Viaduct is a 19th-century wrought-iron railway arch bridge in southern France, renowned as an engineering landmark and one of the most impressive early large-scale works of Gustave Eiffel.
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B.
Puente de Alcántara
Puente de Alcántara is a historic Roman stone arch bridge spanning the Tagus River at Toledo, Spain, renowned for its medieval towers and role as a key entrance to the old city.
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C.
Maria Pia Bridge
Maria Pia Bridge is a historic 19th-century iron railway arch bridge spanning the Douro River in Porto, Portugal, renowned for its pioneering engineering and elegant single-span design.
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D.
Pont du Mont-Blanc
Pont du Mont-Blanc is a major bridge in Geneva, Switzerland, spanning the Rhône at the outlet of Lake Geneva and serving as a central traffic artery with views of the city’s famous lakeside landmarks.
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E.
Pont de Saint-Nazaire
Pont de Saint-Nazaire is a large cable-stayed road bridge in western France that spans the Loire estuary, linking the city of Saint-Nazaire with the south bank near Saint-Brevin-les-Pins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ viaduct ⓘ |
| architect | Norman Foster ⓘ |
| awarded | IABSE Outstanding Structure Award ⓘ |
| bridgeType | multi-span cable-stayed bridge ⓘ |
| builder | Eiffage ⓘ |
| connects |
Béziers
ⓘ
Clermont-Ferrand ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| crosses |
Tarn Gorges
ⓘ
surface form:
Tarn River valley
|
| deckHeightAboveValley | about 270 m ⓘ |
| deckWidth | 32 m ⓘ |
| designer |
Michel Virlogeux
ⓘ
Norman Foster ⓘ |
| featuredIn | documentaries about civil engineering ⓘ |
| hasTollPlaza | north side of the bridge ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 2004-12-14 ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 44.077° N ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aveyron department
ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
surface form:
southern France
|
| longitude | approximately 3.022° E ⓘ |
| mainSpanLength | 342 m ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| maximumPylonHeight | 343 m ⓘ |
| nearCity | Millau ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aesthetic integration into landscape
ⓘ
exceptional height ⓘ modern engineering design ⓘ |
| numberOfLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfPylons | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 8 ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | 2004-12-16 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2004-12-14 ⓘ |
| operator | Compagnie Eiffage du Viaduc de Millau ⓘ |
| owner |
Government of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French government
|
| partOf | A75 motorway ⓘ |
| purpose | carry A75 motorway over Tarn valley ⓘ |
| recordHeld | tallest bridge in the world by structural height at opening ⓘ |
| region | Occitanie ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | Michel Virlogeux ⓘ |
| tollBridge | true ⓘ |
| totalLength | 2460 m ⓘ |
| touristVisitsPerYear | hundreds of thousands of visitors ⓘ |
| trafficType | motor vehicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Millau Viaduct Description of subject: The Millau Viaduct is a record-breaking cable-stayed road bridge in southern France, renowned as one of the tallest bridges in the world and an iconic feat of modern engineering.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Millau Viaduct section
subject surface form:
Aveyron
subject surface form:
Aveyron