1.   A bridge spans the river.

2.   Bridge after bridge is down, not spanning the river, but damming it up.

3.   High-water detectors are generally put near tracks on bridges spanning rivers, Sabourin said.

4.   In Paris, the parks are clean, the bridges spanning the river are lit, streets are swept and watered, lawns along esplanades are green and trimmed.

5.   Passengers can disembark and explore the wooden bridge that spans the river.

6.   A few early risers waved as federation police drove over the Friendship and Unity Bridge, which spans the river and links the neighborhood to downtown Sarajevo.

7.   Cairenes looking to escape cramped apartments head for the bridges spanning the river.

8.   He said authorities may also close a bridge that spans a river that could rapidly rise with a major flood.

9.   The new bridge is the ninth spanning the river, two of which are for rail traffic only.

10.   Only one of three bridges still span the river.