President Chirac opening bridge

French President Jacques Chirac, left, chats with British architect Lord Norman Foster during the inauguration of the Millau brige, southern France, Tuesday Dec.14, 2004. Now that it is open, it enables motorists to take a drive through the sky , 270 meters (891 feet) above the Tarn River valley for a 2.5 kilometer (1.6 mile) stretch through France's Massif Central mountains. Lord Foster designed the bridge.