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- ↑ "State of the Artery", Artery.org, Marietta Street Artery site
- ↑ "Midtown West". www.midtownwest.com.
- ↑ "Midtown West". Archived from the original on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ↑ "Miller Union Stockyards", Artery.org
