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- ↑ "Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan". mymcmedia.org. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Shaver, Katherine (19 December 2019). "Purple Line will open first between College Park and New Carrollton, state says". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ↑ Shaver, Katherine (January 20, 2018). "A historic bridge in the path of the Purple Line will be preserved, but how?". The Washington Post . Retrieved March 23, 2018.
