Long Island Motor Parkway
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Feb 16 2013
The Role of the Motor Parkway in the Development of the Cruise Missile
Hard to believe the Long Island Motor Parkway is connected to the development of the cruise missile? (8 comments)
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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. (21 comments)
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Feb 09 2013
Updated: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #30: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
The 30th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Old Country Motor Parkway Bridge on the Carle Place/Mineola border connecting to Garden City. This was classified by the Motor Parkway as a "highway" bridge since it went under Old Country… (5 comments)
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Feb 07 2013
The Birth of the Long Island Motor Parkway
The death of a spectator in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race nearly brought the classic to a premature demise. The marvel was that only one spectator had been killed in the three races held up to that time. Demonstrating vision again, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. chartered the goal of a… (1 comments)
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Jan 28 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #8 Mineola Lodge
Going west to east, the seventh Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Mineola Lodge located off Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. (2 comments)
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Jan 24 2013
The Closing of the Motor Parkway and the Current Utilization of the Right-Of-Way
Over the course of the thirty year history from 1908 to 1938, the Motor Parkway became a conduit for the development of Long Island and heralded the transformation of the Island from a rural area to a suburb. (4 comments)
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Jan 22 2013
The Bethpage Lodge (1910-1960s): A Classic Repost from 2009
The Bethpage Toll Lodge at Round Swamp Road was one of the three original Long Island Motor Parkway lodges designed by prominent architect John Russell Pope. The above image shows the lodge and the Motor Parkway Bridge over Round Swamp Round around 1910.
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Jan 19 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #29 Mineola LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
The 29th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Long Island Railroad Bridge in Mineola. (7 comments)
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Jan 16 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #7 Jericho Turnpike Lodge in Mineola
Going west to east, the sixth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Jericho Turnpike Lodge located off Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. (0 comments)
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Jan 09 2013
Resource Guide to the Motor Parkway in Queens
To assist in the development of Wayne Consolla's new online map of the Long Island Motor Parkway, a resource guide of VanderbiltCupRaces.com posts related to the Queens section has been developed. (0 comments)
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