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Mar 24 2014
Mystery Foto #60 Solved :Motor Parkway Near Round Swamp Road in Bethpage, Old Bethpage & Farmingdale

This week's Mystery Foto was beautiful1935 Fairchild aerial of the Long Island Motor Parkway near Round Swamp Road.
Mar 04 2014
Mystery Foto #57 Solved: Sam Berliner III and Al Velocci in Battle Row in Old Bethpage

In 2006, Al Velocci, Sam Berliner III, Pat Masterson and I would explore unusual sections of the Long Island Motor Parkway including this week's Mystery Foto location.
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.
Apr 09 2013
Mystery Foto #9 Possibly Solved: Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage?

After one week of comments, I believe Frank has solved the mystery. Most likely, the photographer was looking south on the Motor Parkway towards the Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge.
Mar 04 2013
Mystery Photo #4 Solved: A 1928 Aerial of Old Bethpage and Melville Looking North

The fourth in our series of Friday mystery photos is a classic aerial of the Motor Parkway: Old Bethpage and Melville looking North.
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.
Jan 05 2013
Video: “Celebrating the Long Island Motor Parkway”

Karen Miller of PATV (Public Access Television) has created this 14-minute video celebrating the history and restoration efforts for the Long Island Motor Parkway.
Apr 28 2012
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?"
Apr 25 2012
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.
Apr 23 2012
Highlights from the First 2012 “Clean Up Day” of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge

Twenty members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society had a blast last Saturday cleaning up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge.