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1244:. Vol. 8, no. 1. Washington State Department of Highways. July 1958. p. 19.
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729:"Corridor Sketch Summary – SR 292: SR 231 Jct. (Springdale) to US 395 Jct. (Loon Lake)"
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Washington State Department of Transportation (2014).
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State Highway Log Planning Report 2020, SR 2 to SR 971
1301:"Washington State Highway System Legislative Changes"
1356:"Springdale residents call for end to phone charges"
878:(Map). Olympia: Washington State Highway Commission
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602:Multimodal Planning Division (January 4, 2021).
1141:Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023).
1087:State of Washington Department of Highways News
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1259:– via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.
1200:– via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.
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970:– via WSU Libraries Digital Collections.
911:– via WSU Libraries Digital Collections.
861:– via WSU Libraries Digital Collections.
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1463:"US 395 Loon Lake roundabout now fully open"
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1438:Corrin, Noah (September 19, 2022).
1415:Perez, Vanessa (August 16, 2022).
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1461:Wixey, Will (October 3, 2022).
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1162:Gross Domestic Product deflator
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1218:. November 11, 1959. p. 6
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1143:"What Was the U.S. GDP Then?"
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1388:Craig, John (May 18, 1994).
1081:Woods, Dick (October 1951).
425:Primary State Highway 3
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