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Thebes Bridge

 
Sycamore Street, Thebes, IL 62990, United States of America
Address is taken from a point 469 yards away.
 
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The nearest place in the direction of Mississippi - Illinois Junction is Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge; 6.95 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mississippi - Ohio Junction is Cairo I-57 Bridge; 22.17 miles away.

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There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.

 
 
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The Thebes Bridge is a five span cantilever truss bridge carrying the Union Pacific Railroad (previously carried the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific, in a joint operation) across the Mississippi River between Illmo, Missouri and Thebes, Illinois. It is owned by the Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company, now a Union Pacific subsidiary.

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[Thebes, Illinois] American Civil War. Thebes Bridge, an important railroad bridge, opened for rail traffic in 1905 and is still in use today. In 1923, Thebes elected a woman [Cape Girardeau, Missouri] in the movie. In the novel Train Man (1999) by P.T. Deutermann, the Thebes bridge south of Cape Girardeau spanning the Mississippi River to Illinois is [Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge] The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge connecting Missouri's Route 34 and Route 74 with Illinois Route 146 across the Mississippi River [Illmo, Scott City, Missouri] Missouri. Illmo had its start in 1905 with construction of the nearby Thebes Bridge which connects Illinois and Missouri. The name Illmo is a contraction [Railroad Gazette] Railroad's Rochester Division's electrification and about the opening of the Thebes Bridge. Over time Railroad Gazette editors included Arthur Mellen Wellington [Cairo I-57 Bridge] The Cairo I-57 Bridge is a steel through arch bridge carrying 4 lanes of Interstate 57 across the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. It was opened [Luxor] Egyptian city of Waset, also known as Nut (Coptic: ⲛⲏ) and to the Greeks as Thebes or Diospolis. Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest [Giboney, Missouri] Girardeau Northern Railway, which ran from Ancell (Cape Girardeau & Thebes Bridge Terminal) to Farmington. Louis Houck built the Cape Girardeau & Chester [Ralph Modjeski] Government Bridge (1896) Thebes Bridge (1905) Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6, Bridge 8.8 and Bridge 5.1 (all 1906–08) Quebec Bridge (1907-1917)
 
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Thebes Bridge - Wikipedia
The Thebes Bridge is a truss bridge carrying the Union Pacific Railroad across the Mississippi River between Illmo, Missouri and Thebes, Illinois. It is owned by  ...
Thebes Bridge - Bridgehunter.com
Cantilevered through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Thebes.
Thebes Bridge - HistoricBridges.org
Historic Truss Bridge in Thebes Alexander County, Illinois and Scott County, Missouri. This bridge is one of the most significant early large-scale cantilever truss ...
Thebes Bridge, Thebes, IL
The Thebes rail bridge was designed by famous bridge builder Ralph Modjeski. The bridge was built very strong given that the structure was designed to carry ...
Blog: Testing the Thebes Bridge (1/17/11) | Southeast Missourian ...
Testing the Thebes Bridge. Posted Monday, January 17, 2011, at 2:47 PM. May 25, 1905, was an important date in local history, but it's frequently overlooked.
Thebes Bridge - Modjeski and Masters
On November 4th, 1901 the firm Noble and Modjeski was engaged by the Southern Illinois & Missouri Bridge Company to design a railroad crossing near the town ...
Thebes Railroad Bridge – Cape Girardeau History and Photos
Jan 6, 2011 ... Thebes in 2010. It's hard to get a feel for just how massive this bridge is from a distance. This photo was taken this spring when the Mississippi ...
The Thebes bridge
Internet Archive BookReader. The Thebes bridge; a report to the president and directors of the Southern Illinois & Missouri Bridge Company. The BookReader ...
Thebes 1905 Bridge over Mississippi River - Industrial History
Jan 10, 2017 ... Thebes 1905 Bridge over Mississippi River. (Bridge Hunter, including some construction pictures, 2011 flood pictures, and concrete arch ...
Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Stadium Love, Bridging the Gap riddle ...
Dec 31, 2018 ... Thebes Leader's House tablet location and Stadium Love riddle ... escort their lovers from the stadium east of Thebes to a bridge overlooking a ...