Thebes Bridge

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bridge_name= Thebes Bridge


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carries= Union Pacific, previously the Missouri Pacific Railroad
crosses= Mississippi River
locale= Illmo, Missouri and Thebes, Illinois
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design= Continuous truss bridge
mainspan= convert|651|ft|m|0
length= convert|3959|ft|m|0
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below= convert|104|ft|m|0
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open= April 18, 1905
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coordinates=coord|37|13|00|N|89|28|01|W|region:US_type:landmark

The Thebes Bridge is a 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 UP subsidiary. [ [http://www.stb.dot.gov/econdata.nsf/f039526076cc0f8e8525660b006870c9/c47c345c03f9d3668525744300675f26/$FILE/2007%20Annual%20Report%20Form%20R-1's%20Union%20Pacific%20Railroad.pdf Class I Railroad Annual Report R-1: Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Surface Transportation Board for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 2007] ]

References

*cite book | author=Cook, Richard J. | title=The Beauty of Railroad Bridges in North America -- Then and Now| publisher=Golden West Books, California (USA) | year=1987 | id=ISBN 0-87095-097-5

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Thebes Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
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downstream = Cairo I-57 Bridge
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