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span roof

A pitched roof, both sides of which have the same slope.
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With a span of 315m, the arch is the longest single span roof structure in the world.
New this year, the rink now has a clear span roof and night sky lights.
The photo snapped from a tall building above the junction of Navigation and Hill streets does ample justice to the huge curves of the station roof, made of iron and glass, and reputedly the largest single-glass span roof in the world!
The structures include Europe's largest single span roof - 39m high, 396m long and 175m wide.
Fatality Location Abbreviations: BF Ball Field BO Boating BU Business CA Camping EQ Heavy Equipment/Construction GF Golfing IW In Water LS Long Span Roof MH Mobile Home OT Other OU Outside/Open Areas PH Permanent Home SC School TE Telephone UT Under Tree VE Vehicle List of Acronyms: NWS --National Weather Service NOAA --National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration WCM --Warning Coordination Meteorologist--The meteorologist at each NWS Office responsible for reporting severe weather events LST --Local Standard Time Storm Data attempts to always use "Standard Time" EST --Eastern Standard Time EDT --Eastern Daylight Time CST --Central Standard Time CDT --Central Daylight Time PST --Pacific Standard Time PDT --Pacific Daylight Time
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