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- ↑ Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York . New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-48076-3. OCLC 834874.
- ↑ "MICHAEL J. MADIGAN, 86, DIES; WAS A ROBERT MOSES ENGINEER". The New York Times. 26 October 1981.
- ↑ "MTA - news - The Rockaways Whimsical Little Bridge Turns 75".
- ↑ Crossing the Hudson: Historic Bridges and Tunnels of the River By Donald E. Wolf, Chapter 11 "The Tappan Zee Bridge"
- ↑ "Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (Queens/The Bronx, 1939) - Structurae".