Popular Culture
- The Southern Crescent is referenced in R.E.M.'s song Driver 8
- The Drover's Old Time Medicine Show released a song "Southern Crescent" on their "Sunday at Prater's Creek" album.
- Singer-Songwriter Scott Miller's song "Amtrack Crescent" tells the story of a down-and-out man traveling the Crescent from New Orleans to New York.
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