من السياق

ggg2: henry v manchester united, 2000 - fabien barthez... in the years which straddled the turn of the century, arsenal and united were the big two arsène wenger scooped a double in 1998, sir alex ferguson won ...
fabien-barthez.soccerandfootball.com/T_123317_____ggg2--henry-v- manchester-united--2000.htm

As will have been gathered from the foregoing, this is a difficult ...For a period of forty years which straddled the turn of the century Sir. Horace Plunkett was an important figure. A measure of his significance ...
www.jstor.org/stable/30091273

استمر أو تواصل إلى (ما بعد) نهاية الألفية الثانية/إلى بداية الألفية الثالثة
أي بداية سنوات 2000

إمتد ل
لقد إمتد البرنامج إ لى نهاية الألفية
straddle=span in this context

I think that straddle has the same meaning as span in this context. This could be an exact translation of the term into Arabic in this context.
Below are the references that supports this choice:
straddle
verb
cover, bridge, span, range over
e.g. He straddles two cultures, having been brought up in Britain and later converted to Islam.

span - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
traverse, cross, sweep
cover, extend, continue - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres";
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/straddle
Longman Dictionary of Modern English: English-English-Arabic 2007
e.g. Mariani's career spanned 45 years.