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Cache Channel Missouri Pacific Bridge [Map] Lost pony plate-girder bridge over the Cache River Diversion Channel on the Missouri Pacific Thebes-Cairo railroad lineSeveral concrete piers remainBuilt ca. 1950 to span the newly created Cache River Diversion Channel
Cache River Bridge [Map] Lost Parker through truss bridge over Cache River on Vandalia-Cairo HighwayReplaced by a new bridgeReplaced 1950?
Cache River Bridge [Map] Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Cache River on Vandalia-Cairo RoadReplaced by a new bridge
Cairo Mississippi River Bridge [Map · Street View] Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on U. S. Highway 60 / 62 between Birds Point, MO, and Cairo, ILOpen to trafficBuilt 1929; tolls removed 1954; rehabilitated 1983, 2005, 2011, and 2015
Cairo Ohio River Bridge [Map · Street View] Cantilevered through truss over the Ohio River on US 51/60/62 between Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, KentuckyOpen to two-lane trafficBuilt 1937; rehabilitated 1979
Cape Girardeau Bridge [Map] Lost continuous through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on MO 34/IL 146 at Cape GirardeauReplaced by Bill Emerson Memorial BridgeBuilt 1928, closed to all traffic on December 13, 2003, main spans demolished on September 9, 2004
CN - Cache River Bridge [Map] Through truss bridge over Cache River on CN Railway (formerly Illinois Central)Open to traffic on two railroad tracksBuilt 1900
CN - Cairo Bridge [Map · Street View] Through truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Canadian National Railway (former Illinois Central Railroad) in CairoOpen to railroad trafficBuilt 1949-52, replacing the original bridge
Creek Bridge [Map] Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Creek on RoadReplaced by a new bridge
Devils Island Bridge [Map] Abandoned slab bridge over Picayune Chute (Mississippi River side channel) on Devils Island RoadAbandoned
Elco Bridge [Map] Lost Slab bridge over Branch of Hartline Creek on TR 150 (Elco Main Street)Replaced by new bridgeBuilt c.a 1910; replaced 1994
Fayville Road Bridge [Map] Lost bridge over Orchard Creek on Fayville Road just north of the intersection with Rock Spring Hollow Road in ThebesNo longer standing, but north abutment remains underneath the replacement bridge
Gale Bridge [Map · Street View] Through truss bridge over Sexton Creek on Old Illinois Route 3 just off New Route 3 near GaleOpen to trafficBuilt 1933; bypassed by new bridge in 1990; rehabilitated 2011
I-57 Cairo Bridge [Map · Street View] Steel through arch bridge carrying I-57 over the Mississippi River at CairoOpen to four lanes of trafficDedicated June 23, 1978
IC - Cache River Bridge [Map] Lost bridge over Cache River on Illinois Central RailroadRemoved but not replacedBuilt 1918 (year on foundation)
IC - Cairo Railroad Bridge [Map] Lost through and deck truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Illinois Central Railroad in CairoReplaced by the current bridge, reusing many of the piers in the processBuilt 1889 under engineer George S. Morison; replaced 1949-52
IC - Lake Creek Bridge [Map] Lost Timber stringer bridge over Lake Creek on Illinois Central RailroadRemoved but not replaced
ICG - Cache Channel Bridge [Map · Street View] Pony plate-girder bridge over the Cache River Diversion Channel on abandoned Illinois Central Gulf RailroadStill standing, but rails removedBuilt 1948 to span the newly created Cache River Diversion Channel
Lake Creek Bridge [Map] Abandoned steel stringer bridge over Lake Creek on Old roadDerelict/abandoned
Miller Creek Bridge [Map · Street View] Pony truss bridge over Miller Creek on Old Illinois Route 3 northeast of Thebes, 1 mi. north of ThebesOpen to two-lane trafficBuilt 1933
Old Gale Bridge [Map] Lost bridge over Miller Creek on former IL 150 (later IL 3)Removed but not replacedBypassed by a new highway alignment to the east ca. 1933
Rock Spring Hollow Trestle [Map] Lost railroad trestle over Orchard Creek and Rock Spring Hollow south of Thebes in ThebesSeveral concrete footings remain
Sandusky Road Bridge [Map] Lost pony truss bridge over Cache River on Sandusky Road (TR 95A)Replaced by a new bridgeBuilt or relocated here in 1964; replaced 1994
Singing Bridge [Map] Lost Timber stringer bridge over Lake Creek on Old IL 150 (predecessor to IL 3) within Horseshoe Lake State Natural AreaRemoved but not replaced
Thebes Bridge [Map · Street View] Cantilevered through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at ThebesOpen to railroad traffic on two tracksBuilt 1905 by a consortium of five railroad companies (CEI, IC, MP, StLIM&S, SSW)
Thebes Overpass [Map] Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on Poplar StreetReplaced by new bridgeReplaced 1988