Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: 1908 Course

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  Dec 30 2014

  From the Luttgen Album: Driver Foxhall Keene Taking the Turn at Colyers Corner in Plainview

  This is another gem from the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race album of driver William Luttgen provided by his grandson Robert Luttgen. It is the first documented Vanderbilt Cup Race photo discovered that was taken at Colyers Corner in Plainview.

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  Jul 05 2014

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #48: Plainview Road Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage)

  The 48th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Plainview Road Bridge in Central Park (now Bethpage). It was one of the original bridges built for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

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  Oct 26 2013

  Then & Now: The Bethpage Bikeway Section of the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage

  The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has completed their extension of the 1/2 mile section of the Bethpage Bikeway in Bethpage State Park.

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  Dec 21 2010

  Bethpage Plainview Road Curve on the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

  Harley: "I know there was a very sharp curve north right at Route 135, which then heads north before appearing to cross to Bethpage Park. When I saw it 20 years ago, it appeared to be banked. Sincere thanks for your labor of love on the Parkway."

• Dec 01 2010

  Archives: 1908 Course

  Links to related posts on the 1908 Course on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: October 31, 2011):

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  Nov 22 2009

  The Public Roads of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

  J, you are correct, the 1908 course ended at the then western terminus of the Motor Parkway near the Bethpage Lodge at Round Swamp Road. The drivers made a left turn and went about 200 feet on Round Swamp Road before turning on to Manetto Hill Road (now called Old…

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  Mar 12 2009

  Linking the Vanderbilt Cup Race Course from Ellison Road to the Motor Parkway

  The fourth set of 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race photos from the Hayden Allen Collection focuses on a stretch of the course that connected Ellison Road with the Motor Parkway just west of Merrick Avenue.