Tag: Bethpage State Park
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Feb 11 2013
Mystery Friday Photo #1 Solved: The Bethpage State Park in Old Bethpage and Farmingdale
Congratulations to Brian McCarthy, Jim Waechtler, blh, Frank and Scott for correctly identifying last week's mystery 1940s aerial as the Long Island Motor Parkway on the border of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale.
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Mar 24 2012
Bikeway Construction Uncovers the Motor Parkway in Bethpage State Park Buried for Over 50 Years
While walking in Bethpage State Park earlier this month, Tom Dziurka noticed activity in a closed off construction area near the Motor Parkway right-of-way.
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Feb 02 2012
Newsday April 5, 1998 Article “History Takes the High Road”
Although the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society was organized just last year, efforts to preserve the parkway have been ongoing for decades- most noteworthy by the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel. As forwarded by Bob and Colleen Albertson, Newsday reporter Sylvia Adcock in April 1998 documented in this article…
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Jan 08 2011
Then & Now: The Motor Parkway Farmway Bridge in Bethpage State Park
When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in the late 1920s, a total of 65 bridges had been built over and under the parkway. Most of the bridges were used to avoid intersections of major roads. However, many of the bridges were built to connect adjoining properties…
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I should have gone with my reasoning that it couldn’t have been the 1906 car since the picture showed it in front of a garage…