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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 Joe DeSpain (May 1983). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Beech Fork Bridge, Mackville Road". National Park Service . Retrieved March 5, 2018. With photos.
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