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Encyclopedia > Europabrücke

Europabrücke, or Europe's bridge, is a 777m long bridge spanning the 657m Wipp valley just south of Innsbruck, Austria. The Brenner Autobahn passes over this bridge, above the Sill river, forming part of the main route from Austria to Italy across the Alps. It was once Europe's highest bridge, standing 192 metres high. The Millau Viaduct has taken over this title on December 14, 2004. This article is about the edifice. ... The Wipptal is a valley extending along the Sill river southward from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, where the Sill meets the larger Inn river, up to the Brenner pass (1,374 m) at the Austro-Italian border, one of the lowest passes across the central Alps. ... Innsbruck City Center Innsbruck (population 120,000) is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the Tyrol province. ... Brenner might refer to the Brenner Pass, one of the major passes through the Alps Sydney Brenner, a biologist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Autobahn (pronounced in IPA, plural Autobahnen) is the German word for a major high-speed road usually linking one or more cities and towns, similar to motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ... In geology, a sill is a tabular mass of igneous rock that has been intruded laterally between layers of older rock. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ... The nearly completed bridge in September 2004 The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...



 
 

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