Long Island Motor Parkway
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Mar 09 2015
Mystery Foto #10 Solved: Mural of the British Dirigible R34 Landing in Roosevelt Field in 1919
This brand new Mystery Foto documented a historic event in transportation that occurred on Long Island. (14 comments)
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Mar 05 2015
Mystery Foto 2013#5 Redux:Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941
I do like my Fairchild aerials! This previous Mystery Foto was solved in 2013 as Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941 (3 comments)
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Mar 04 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#54:Broad Hollow Rd. Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville
The 54th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Broad Hollow Road (Route 110)/Huntington Railroad Trolley Bridge in Melville. (1 comments)
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Feb 28 2015
Book “Ways of the World”: Long Island Motor Parkway Documented as the First Parkway in the World
In his book, Dr. Maxwell (M.G.) Lay , a leading civil engineer, wrote the book "Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and the Vehicles That Used Them". Dr. Lay documented that the Long Island Motor Parkway was "historically" the first parkway built in the world. (3 comments)
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Feb 17 2015
For the First Time in 34 Years: Photos of the Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits
The most elusive Motor Parkway remnant has been the Clody Farmway Bridge located in the Melville Sand Pits...until today. (2 comments)
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Feb 09 2015
Mystery Foto #6 Solved:The Western Terminus of the Motor Parkway at Rocky Hill Road Circa 1917-1924
Bill Bellmer has forwarded this amazing Mystery Foto from the collection of historian Vince Seyfried. (14 comments)
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Jan 29 2015
Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
Walt Gosden has written this article for VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the day author Eric Hatch drove his Mercedes 114 MPH on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)
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Jan 26 2015
Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)
Gary Hammond forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto of Long Island roadside signs. (15 comments)
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Jan 24 2015
The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus
After further examining our Mystery Foto #2, Mitch Kaften discovered another Queens landmark- the Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range. (2 comments)
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Jan 21 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)
The 53rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Clody Farmway Bridge located in Huntington (now Melville). (2 comments)
