Update: Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: The Dangerous Newbridge Avenue Bridge
Did you identify the dangerous Newbridge Avenue Bridge?
Update 8/17/2036: Map and views of current location.
Identify;
- The Motor Parkway Bridge
View looking west/north in East Meadow looking at the Newbridge Avenue (Bellmore Road) Motor Parkway Bridge.
- The race car and driver
Ralph Mulford driving the #2 Lozier with Mechanician John Horan
- The race and date
1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 1, 1910
- There appears to be something wrong with guardrail on the bridge. What happened? And what repercussions did that event have on the Vanderbilt Cup Race?
During the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Harold Stone lost control of his Columbia racer and went off the Newbridge Avenue Bridge His mechanician Bacon died as a result of the accident. This accident and the death of Louis Chevrolet's mechanician resulted in the end of the William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Cup Races on Long Island. Another realization was maybe racing on a curved bridge was not the wisest choice.
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Congrats to Steve Lucas for completely identifying this weekend's photo.
Greg O.
The unedited photo with caption.
The damaged guardrail where Stone's Columbia careened off the bridge.
Location: Now
The bridge was located where Salisbury Park Drive in Westbury is today.
Ground view
Comments
That’s the Newbridge Avenue (Bellmore Road) bridge also known as the Meadowbrook Bridge with the #2 Lozier racer driven by Ralph Mulford on October 1, 1910, during the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. During that race, Harold Stone lost control of his #12 Columbia racer, crashed through the guard rail and ran off the road. The accident resulted in the death of his mechanician William Bacon (some reports have his name as Matthew Bacon), which essentially brought to an end public road racing on Long Island.