Tag: Motor Parkway Bridge
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Mystery Foto #25 Solved: The Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow in 1908 Updated: 6/29
Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this Motor Parkway bridge Mystery Foto.
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The Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Bridge Near Bloomingdale Road
Tim Ivers: "Howard, the 1932 Hagstrom Map shows an overpass over the LIMP (Bloomingdale Road extension) which connected with Hempstead Tpke. The overpass is about halfway between Jerusalem Avenue on the west and Wantagh Rd (Ave.) on the east. Are there any known photos of this overpass, or other information?"
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: New Evidence of the Melville Sand Pits Motor Parkway Bridge
More evidence has surfaced that the last intact Motor Parkway in Suffolk County is still standing in the Melville Sandpits near Route 110.
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The Motor Parkway North of Westbury Avenue on the Carle Place/Mineola Border
A wonderful section of the Long Island Motor Parkway is located south of Raff Avenue and north of Westbury Avenue on the border between Mineola and Carle Place.
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Part II: Then & Now: The Motor Parkway “Mayan Ruins” of Garden City
Yesterday the "Mayan Ruins" in Garden City were documented as abutments of an unfinished Motor Parkway bridge built as part of the 1907 agreement with the Garden City Company. Today, a "Then and Now" treatment of the long-forgotten bridge dating is provided from 1928 to 2010.
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The Eight Intact Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges
Question from Charlie S: "How many original Long Island Motor Parkway bridges are still standing and intact?"
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Historic Views of Roosevelt Field, the Motor Parkway and Lindbergh’s Takeoff
As shown in this 1938 aerial, the Long Island Motor Parkway was located to the west and south of the historic Roosevelt Field airfield. Here are other historic photos of Roosevelt Field and the Motor Parkway
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The Bridges of the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1908-1910)
A unique feature of the last three Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island were the new Motor Parkway bridges. For the 1908 race, the course included 16 new bridges over a 9-mile parkway section from East Meadow to Bethpage.
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Then & Now: The Roslyn Lodge and the Motor Parkway Bridge over Roslyn Road
Residents of Roslyn, East Hills, East Williston and Albertson are often very surprised to find out that an automobile bridge existed over Roslyn Road from 1909 to 1939 and that remnants of the bridge exist today. In this 1928 photo, courtesy of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, the Long…
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The Motor Parkway Bridge Under Old Country Road in Mineola/Carle Place/Garden City
As discussed yesterday, over the next week, I will be highlighting the Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race structures located near the Stewart School in Garden City. Today, the focus is on the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge under Old Country Road (shown within the red circle).
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