Conceived by British architect Norman Foster, the slender white viaduct in the picturesque Tarn Valley will provide a new motorway link between Paris and the Spanish border, easing congestion in the Rhone valley during the busy summer months.

I would hate to be stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of that thing. Yikes.

This short film shows some workers raising one of the suspension towers. It gives a good view of the scale of the bridge.