Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hi Howard
Love the LIMP Bridge Series you’re posting. Can’t wait to see the next set of bridges and routes in line. That Central RR abutment over Bell Blvd was unexpected!. Please keep ‘em comin’!

Howard,

There is another bridge that you didn’t mention, but perhaps it’s not an original bridge?  between the Farmway bridge closer to Springfield and the other Wheeler bridge near the tennis courts.  When heading east, it’s just before the downhill that takes you under the highway.  I can’t imagine why it would have been built after the parkway closed…  Let me know if you want me to take a picture of it.

Dennis

Hi Dennis:

Please send me a jpeg to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) . I believe the bridge that you are referring to may have been built by Robert Moses to provide access for a bridle path.

Howard

I grew up in Queens Village and remember the LIMP bridges well.  As little kids we used to call the Alley Pond bridge the “hooting and hollering bridge” because of its wonderful echo effect.  Later my dad took up jogging and made use of the existing LIMP roadway from Winchester Blvd. to Francis Lewis Blvd.

I recall that in some locations you could see the original roadbed and then a newer, smaller road surface that was paved over it at some point.

I don’t recall what bridge Dennis Kelly refers to, but do remember that there was an extensive bridle trail through the park which was still in use when I was a boy. I believe it even extended beyond the park along the LIE service road as far as Springfield Blvd. and maybe even Bell Blvd.  Much of it was obliterated when the LIE was widened in the 1960’s or 70’s