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Police in southern France on Friday reported the first suicide from the Millau viaduct, the world’s tallest bridge, after finding the body of a man at the base of one of its seven pillars. The man, who was not immediately identified, apparently abandoned his car on the bridge before climbing over the side rail and jumping to his death.

Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a stunningly modern roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was to be officially inaugurated on Tuesday. Celebrated as a work of art and an object of French national pride, the Millau bridge will enable motorists to take a drive through the sky — 270m above the Tarn valley.