Fourteen months later in February 1883 the Southern Pacific completed an expensive low bridge over the Pecos River in Texas linking New Orleans, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California entirely on its own tracks (fourth transcontinental line). A few months later, in December 1881 the Southern Pacific linked with the Texas and Pacfic Railway at Sierra Blanca, Texas to form the third "transcontinental" railroad. In March 1881 the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway connected with Southern Pacific lines at Deming, New Mexco to form the second transcontinental line. By 1877 they were building track east into Yuma, Arizona and headed for New Mexico and Texas. The Southern Pacific Company was formed in 1865 to link San Francisco and San Diego, California by rail. The Butterfield Overland Mail ( History Wells Fargo) stage coach route), and later the Southern Pacific Railroad both made use of Gadsden land. The United States bought the Gadsden Purchase, portion forming the southern parts of ( Arizona and New Mexico south of the Gila River) from Mexico in 1853 to have a snow-free route between California and the rest of the United States.
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