Long Island Motor Parkway
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Oct 31 2011
Highlights from the First Annual Motor Parkway Parade
The First Annual Motor Parkway Parade was successfully held last Sunday. Celebrating the completion of the Lake Ronkonkoma section of the Motor Parkway, the event was organized by the Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage Association and had been previously rained out on August 7, 2011. Some highlights: (2 comments)
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Oct 22 2011
From the Noel Gish Collection: Postcards of the Vanderbilt Cup Races & Long Island Motor Parkway
Noel Gish has a collection of Long Island postcards which he used to help teach Long Island history to his classes at Hauppauge High School. Noel, now President of the Board of Trustees of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, has forwarded some of his favorite Vanderbilt Cup Races and Long Island Motor Parkway postcards: (3 comments)
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Oct 19 2011
Then & Now: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
Seven Motor Parkway bridges were built for the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and the Vanderbilt Cup Race; including the bridge over Jerusalem Road (now called Stewart Avenue). As seen in this Then & Now, the bridge has been well documented over the last 103 years: (0 comments)
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Oct 15 2011
“Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day” a Big Success & Bridge History
Thirty-three men and women of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Model A Ford Club of Long Island experienced an exhilarating day restoring the Motor Parkway and the bridge in Old Bethpage Village Restoration. The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge is one of only two LIMP bridges still standing in Nassau County and was recently desecrated with graffiti and debris . Here are highlights of "Clean Up Day", a slideshow and a history of the bridge: (10 comments)
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Sep 29 2011
New York Daily News Article: Documenting the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges
Today's Queens edition of the New York Daily News includes an article on Long Island Motor Parkway bridges. Al Velocci, Lynn Henry, Gaitri Ken, and I were interviewed: (1 comments)
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Sep 28 2011
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #9 The Creedmoor Bridge in Queens Updated: 10/22/16
When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 60 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the ninth bridge from the Western Terminus at Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard) was a highway bridge connecting the properties belonging to the State Hospital at Creedmoor: (4 comments)
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Sep 22 2011
Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway in East Williston
A section of the Long Island Motor Parkway was built in East Williston between the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Railroad and Roslyn Road. Since no houses have ever been built in this area, the parkway here has been preserved for over 100 years..often hidden by Mother Nature. The "Then & Now" images are amazing: (3 comments)
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Sep 22 2011
“Clean Up the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Bridge” Day to be Held on Saturday, October 15, 2011
As reported on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge was subjected last year to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals. Here's an opportunity to help clean up the bridge and its surrounding area: (1 comments)
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Sep 15 2011
New “Now” Images of Motor Parkway Bridges in Queens
New "Now" images of three Motor Parkway bridges in Queens: (4 comments)
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Sep 10 2011
Cradle of Aviation Archives: Amazing 1937 Aerials of Roosevelt Raceway
In April 2010, the Cradle of Aviation Museum received a gift of the photographic archives of a man long-associated with Long Island aviation. Among the hundreds of photos in the collection was one box of 265 negatives and glass plates related to Long Island automobile racing. The images were taken by photographer John Drennan of Mineola from 1935 to 1965. These photos are available through VanderbiltCupRaces.com with permission of the Cradle of Aviation. Check out the collection's amazing… (0 comments)
