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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=engineering">engineering</a>, <b>span</b> is the distance between two adjacent <a href="page.php?w=structural_support">structural support</a>s (e.g., two <a href="page.php?w=Pier_%28architecture%29">piers</a>) of a <a href="page.php?w=structural_member">structural member</a> (e.g., a <a href="page.php?w=beam_%28structure%29">beam</a>). Span is measured in the horizontal direction either between the faces of the supports (<b>clear span</b>) or between the centers of the <a href="page.php?w=bearing_surface">bearing surface</a>s</p><p>
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