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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Mary McCortnick; Lon Johnson (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hay Creek Bridge / Eighth Ave. Bridge / South Dakota Dept. of Trans. Br. No. 10-100-378". National Park Service . Retrieved March 8, 2018. With three photos from 1989.
