Sentence examples for span the bridge from inspiring English sources

But on an even windier night in 2012, as Hurricane Sandy howled across Long Island Sound and buffeted the span, the bridge stood all but unmoving.

Imagine a clear view of the city and the Marin Headlands as we span the bridge and descend, via a thrilling downhill glide, into beautiful Sausalito.

Built at little cost 56 years ago — now six years past its anticipated life span — the bridge needs $50 million in maintenance annually and has serious long-term structural and seismic concerns, including the threat of marine borers eating into the underwater wooden pilings that support the bridge.

Formerly a railroad bridge constructed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1871 to replace an earlier 1855 timber span, the bridge was sold off when the new one upstream was constructed.

Between its closing as a rail bridge and its reopening as a pedestrian span, the bridge has seen occasional fires; two in the 1970s, one in 1987 and one in 2008.

With the deterioration of the fourth span, the bridge commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation started construction on a $9.38 million (2007 USD ($ in )) concrete bridge with steel beams connecting Traffic Route 434 on the Pennsylvania side (assigned in 1967 ) and Touring Route 55/Sullivan County Route 11 (assigned in 1930 ).

One US industrial company worked well with its Japanese partner because of a key alliance leader who spanned the bridge.

The arch is made of six prefabricated trapezoid steel box sections, and spans the bridge diagonally.

The bridge consists of a deck supported by cables from a single arch that spans the bridge diagonally.

The projection, spanning the bridge's 30,000 square foot anchorage, allows viewers to experience their surroundings in a new way.

Runners travel a course that spans the bridges and the streets of the five boroughs.