The bridge is the Millau Viaduct in the South of France

We had come to this part of the French Aveyron (considered a crossroads of southwest France, Languedoc and the Massif Central) not for the countryside of high sheep-farming plateaus and vibrant green valleys, not for the dramatic mountain gorges, not for the medieval chateaux, not even for one of the world's most famous cheeses. We had come for the bridge.