spanned

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Spanned by several steel bridges, the racecourse made a slight curve at Union Point, just before the finish line at the Fruitvale Avenue Bridge.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Then the youthful Joukahainen, He, the meagre son of Lapland, Spanned in haste his mighty crossbow.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

The whole broad earth from side to side He measured with one mighty stride— Spanned with the next the firmament, And with the third through heaven he went.

From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

Spanned by a footbridge, graced with trees, and neighboured by the old “Angel” inn, “Angel Bridge,” as it is called, is a pretty spot.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)