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table {width: 100%}

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<!-- Code and classes are from a living project -->
<table class="expandedContent">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="3" class="subsectionTitle">
                dimensions
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst noPadding"></td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                total length
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                2 460 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst">
                deck
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                deck depth
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                4.20 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle noPadding"></td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                height above valley floor or water
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                270 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle noPadding"></td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                total width
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                32.050 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle noPadding"></td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                longitudinal slope
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                3.025 %
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst">
                pier&nbsp;P1
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                height
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                94.50 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst">
                pier&nbsp;P2
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                height
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                244.96 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst">
                pier&nbsp;P3
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                height
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                221.05 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst">
                pier&nbsp;P4
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                height
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                144.21 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle groupTitleFirst">
                pylons
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                pylon height (above deck)
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                88.92 m
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="groupTitle noPadding"></td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                pylon height (above ground)
            </td>
            <td class="parameterValue">
                max. 343 m
            </td>
        </tr>


    </tbody>
</table>