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Meanings of central span in English

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Usage of central span in English
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The central span is built out a third of the way from the north 'lever.
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2
Of the central span, there is no rendering.
Winter’s Tale
3
Once the central span's connected, this bridge'll stand up under any load that can be piled on her.
Out of the Primitive
4
What I've never been able to figure out is how he happened to solve the problem of that central span.
Out of the Primitive
5
The central span is 721 ft. 9 in.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bréquigny, Louis George...
6
With one cantilever finished and the other out to the central span-ifit's Tom's bridge, he'd recognize it as quick as his plans.
Out of the Primitive
7
The sections built on to the southern part of the central span had brought the overhang still more dizzily out over the broad strait.
Out of the Primitive
8
He picked up the vellum-cloth drawings of the central span and some of the blueprints, and began in a matter-of-fact manner to roll them up.
Out of the Primitive
9
It was decided that the bridge should be in the form of an arch made of steel girders, the central span being five hundred feet.
Chatterbox, 1906
10
The 3.1-kilometre cable-stayed bridge has the longest central span of any in the world, supported by its two record-breaking pylons.
The Irish Times
11
There are ten spans in the south approach, eight in the north approach, and two central spans each seventeen hundred feet long.
A Trip Abroad / An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan an...
12
"You'll remember that all who took part in the competition failed on the long central span," said Griffith.
Out of the Primitive
13
"That central span," confirmed Griffith.
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