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- ↑ "[Cleveland] Innerbelt Modernization Plan". Ohio Department of Transportation . Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- 1 2 "Welcome to Outerbelt Alliance NFP". Outerbelt Alliance NFP. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ↑ "Innerbelt Freeway". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University . Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ An Express Highway Plan for the Cleveland Metropolitan Area (Map). Regional Association of Cleveland, Public Works Committee, Express Highway Sub-committee. 1944-02-29.
- ↑ Innerbelt Plan. Ohio Department of Transportation.
- ↑ "Record of Decision, Cleveland Innerbelt Project". U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Ohio Division, 2009-09-18. Retrieved on 2009-09-21.
- ↑ "ODOT Receives Federal Approval to Proceed with Innerbelt Project" (press release). Ohio Department of Transportation District 12, 2009-09-18. Retrieved on 2009-09-21.
- ↑ Garcia, Gabriela (November 7, 2022). "Down the Road in 2023: What to expect on major central Ohio projects continuing into next year". WBNS. Retrieved 2022-11-30.