Examples
gōng chéng工程héng kuà横跨le了liǎng两gè个shì jì世纪cái才wán chéng完成，
工程横跨了两个世纪才完成，
The construction straddled two centuries.
苏州河是上海的母亲河，弯弯曲曲横跨流过市中心。
River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.