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Tag: Western%20terminus

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  Jan 12 2015

  Mystery Foto 2015 #2 Solved: Cunningham Park, the Motor Parkway and Union Turnpike in 1938

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was another spectacular aerial of the Motor Parkway from the New York City Parks Photo Archives.

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  Sep 27 2014

  The Golf Courses Along the Long Island Motor Parkway

  Golf writer Phil Carlucci for the website GolfonLongIsland has requested photos of the golf course that were adjacent to the Long Island Motor Parkway.

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  Apr 15 2014

  Mystery Foto #63 Solved: The Abandoned Motor Parkway and North Hempstead Turnpike in Fresh Meadows

  Sam Berliner III, the convenor of the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel, forwarded this week's Mystery Foto of Fresh Meadows.

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  May 27 2013

  Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows

  Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard)

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  Sep 19 2012

  The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #1 Nassau Boulevard Lodge In Fresh Meadows, Queens

  This is the first of a new series documenting the toll collection structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Going west to east, the first planned toll lodge was the Nassau Boulevard Lodge at the Western Terminus located at Nassau Boulevard (later renamed Horace Harding Boulevard) in Fresh Meadows.

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  Sep 08 2012

  Fresh Meadows Motor Parkway Blueprint: #1 The Western Terminus and North Hempstead Turnpike Bridge

  A rare October 1924 blueprint survey of the Long Island Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows, Queens has been discovered and will be presented in an exclusive series in VanderbiltCupRaces.com. First up, the Western Terminus and North Hempstead Turnpike Motor Parkway Bridge.

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  Jul 19 2011

  The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #1 North Hempstead Turnpike Bridge in Fresh Meadows

  One of the important pioneering features of the Long Island Motor Parkway was the first construction of bridges associated with an automobile road to eliminate grade crossings. A total of at least 65 bridges were built for the Motor Parkway from 1908 to 1926 over crossroads (designated a parkway bridge),…

• Jul 01 2011

  Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway- The Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows, Queens

  Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: July 1, 2011):

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  Jul 29 2010

  The Long Island Motor Parkway Survey Bookmap: Fresh Meadows- The Western Terminus

  One of the treasures of my original Motor Parkway survey collection and a key to to the survey maps is a 22-page 1910 "Bookmap" documenting the right-of way, the original property owners, and the corresponding survey plan #s.This Atlas includes the entire 44-mile right-of-way with surveyor notes added in…

• Dec 04 2009

  The Planned Fresh Meadows Motor Parkway Western Terminus in 1912

  As noted in earlier posts, the final western terminus of the Long Island Motor Parkway was located at the Nassau Boulevard intersection in Fresh Meadows. However, a review of original Motor Parkway survey maps indicate that this was not the original plan.





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