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+// Copyright 2019, University of Colorado Boulder
+
+/**
+ * Shows an double headed arrow arrow pointing to parallel bars, and a text label.  Shown under a chart to indicate the
+ * distance between gridlines.
+ *
+ * @author Sam Reid (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ */
+define( require => {
+  'use strict';
+
+  // modules
+  const Node = require( 'SCENERY/nodes/Node' );
+  const ArrowNode = require( 'SCENERY_PHET/ArrowNode' );
+  const griddle = require( 'GRIDDLE/griddle' );
+  const Line = require( 'SCENERY/nodes/Line' );
+  const VBox = require( 'SCENERY/nodes/VBox' );
+
+  class SpanNode extends Node {
+
+    /**
+     * @param {Node} scaleIndicatorTextNode
+     * @param {number} width
+     * @param {Object} [options]
+     */
+    constructor( scaleIndicatorTextNode, width, options ) {
+      super();
+
+      // Create double-headed arrow with bars to show the time between gridlines
+      const createBar = centerX => new Line( 0, 0, 0, 6, { stroke: 'white', centerX: centerX } );
+      const leftBar = createBar( 0 );
+      const rightBar = createBar( width );
+      const arrowNode = new ArrowNode( leftBar.right + 1, leftBar.centerY, rightBar.left - 1, rightBar.centerY, {
+        fill: 'white',
+        stroke: 'white',
+        doubleHead: true,
+        headHeight: 3,
+        headWidth: 3.5,
+        tailWidth: 0.5
+      } );
+      const arrowWithBars = new Node( {
+        children: [ leftBar, rightBar, arrowNode ]
+      } );
+
+      // Prevent the scale indicator text from being wider than the corresponding arrow
+      scaleIndicatorTextNode.maxWidth = arrowWithBars.width;
+
+      const lengthScaleIndicatorNode = new VBox( {
+        spacing: -2,
+        children: [ arrowWithBars, scaleIndicatorTextNode ]
+      } );
+      this.children = [ arrowNode, lengthScaleIndicatorNode ];
+
+      this.mutate( options );
+    }
+  }
+
+  return griddle.register( 'SpanNode', SpanNode );
+} );
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