Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: 73rd Avenue Bridge

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  May 17 2012

  From the NYC Municipal Archives: Images from the Motor Parkway and the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Last month the New York City Municipal Archives released a database of over 870,000 photos from their collection of 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. I found seven photos related to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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  Jul 25 2011

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #2 73rd Avenue Bridge in Fresh Meadows, Queens

  A total of 65 Motor Parkway bridges were built from 1908 to 1926 ...a pioneering concept to eliminate grade crossings for an automobile road. There are four types of Motor Parkway bridges; over crossroads (parkway bridges), under crossroads (highway bridges), over railroad tracks (railroad bridge) and, as part of right-of-way…





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