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What does "spanned" mean in this context?

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Reply Sun 16 Jul, 2017 03:11 am
My plan had been to get out at some station down the line, but the train suddenly gave me a better chance, for it came to a standstill at the end of a culvert which spanned a brawling porter-coloured river.
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Reply Sun 16 Jul, 2017 03:39 am
In this context, 'span' (verb) means:

"with object (of a bridge, arch, etc.) extend from side to side of.
‘the stream was spanned by a narrow bridge’

Can you see the picture? The bridge is spanning the river.

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/05/14/051433_d17b434e.jpg

Here is a culvert spanning a stream:

https://www.wellsreserve.org/writable/images/gedc0430.jpg
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