Vanderbilt Cup Races

These photos once again raise the question of whether the LIMP originally crossed UNDER NHP Road - changing to OVER NHP Road when Moses built the LIMP bridges over NSP.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown

From Warren H:

“CONGRATULATIONS… IT LOOKS GREAT!!!  I particularly like the “very modern’ look of the site and how well it’s organized. “

From Welcome to the New VanderbiltCupRaces.com!

From Ann:

“Hi Howard!  We continue to enjoy your weekly blogs and I continue to forward them to friends who grew up with the LIMP as a play ground. Thanks again for this great information.”

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills

From Roger P:

“Many thanks for those terrific pictures of Old #16 and the video with Paul Newman.  What a treat!”

From From the Malcolm Collum Collection: More Classic Images of "Old 16"

Hi Cliff:

Thanks for the comment.

You may be thinking of the Motor Parkway bridge that was in Bethpage State Park that was torn down in the 1980s.

The above bridge is located about one mile away in Old Bethpage Village Restoration

From Highlights from the 3rd Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day &Tonight's LIMPPS Meeting

How wonderful it is to see the bridge! As a kid father would take me for walks from the Bethpage picnic grounds and we found this place one afternoon. As an adult I went back looking for it only to find it gone. Another piece of history torn down. I got to thinking it must have been buried due to vandals and what do you know! Thank you all!

From Highlights from the 3rd Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day &Tonight's LIMPPS Meeting

RobbiS - you could be right - I originally thought the shape of the posts were not the same of others I have found that were definitely from the LIMP.  Well, maybe I need to keep looking!  Thanks for taking a look.

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills

If memory serves me right, Old 16 was also the grand marshal car for the opening of the Bridgehampton race track in 1957. Making it the first car down the new east end track.

From From the Malcolm Collum Collection: More Classic Images of "Old 16"

Hi Eric:

Thanks for the comment.

The property owner, at the current time, does not wish to publicize the location which is not visible from a public area.

Enjoy,

Howard

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

Hi Howard,
I took a look at those posts today off of Burrs Lane and they appear to be unrelated to the LIMP. I turned a few of them over and they are actually concrete parking stops. This probably makes sense since it appears that the parkway entered the Five Towns College property further east. Also, the grade around the service road and Burrs Lane appears to be raised due to the construction of the LIE.

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills

Hi Howard is this area due east of 5 towns college near Fox Lane in Dix Hills. Thanks for the pictures.

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

Hi Larry:

Thanks for the memory. Much appreciated!!

Howard

From Then & Now: Long Island Automotive Museum

Since I was a boy, I wanted to visit Henry Austin Clark Jr’s Long Island Automobile Museum, but it was a long way to there from Middle Tennessee.  One of the reasons, of course, is the we love antique automobiles.  The other important reason I wanted visit there:  My uncles’ and dad’s names were Henry, Austin, Clark, and (F.C.) Jr. !  So, I felt an emotional attachment to this great museum and man who I never got to see in person.  I like to think that Henry Austin Clark Jr. and my uncle Henry, dad Austin, uncle Clark, and uncle Jr. finally got together in Heaven and had a good laugh about their common names and love of the old cars.

From Then & Now: Long Island Automotive Museum

Hi Elliot:

Good catch! Official Motor Parkway documents list the length as 44.0 miles, not counting the 2.1 mile extension connecting the Motor Parkway to Jericho Turnpike in Commack (now Harned Road).

The Motor Parkway in this area was cleared by the current property owner who realized its historic significance.

Howard

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

Howard—
  I am curious. You posted two differing amounts for the length of the VMP—44.0 and 45.0 miles.  And I have seen differing lengths often referred to.
Why?
  Also—who cleared the 225 feet.
  Thank you.

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

Hi Tom:

It should not be a problem to attend the Council Meeting. Contact Charlie Cali at 631-831-3547 or Dennis Manfredo at 631-642-7555 .

Howard

From 2012 Presidents Car Club Council Meeting

Like finding the remnants of an ancient Roman road. There is a taste of mystery as well as legend. A shame there is now so little left to explore.

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

From James P:

“I very much appreciate being on your mailing list and receiving the material about the Motor Parkway. When I was in the Boy Scouts in Lynbrook ca. 1952 we camped overnight at a Scout facility called Harkness which was somewhere north of Hempstead. A portion of the Motor Parkway ran through that area, and I recall our troop hiking on it during our weekend camping experience. My father(1897-1973,born in Woodmere, recalled driving on the Motor Parkway on several occasions. Thank you for all the effort you
and others are putting into the preservation of the Motor Parkway and its traditions.”

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

I am with the Centerport fire dept and we are hosting our 17th. annual car show on may 6th. and was wondering if I could attend the mtg. on Sun.
Thanks
Tom

From 2012 Presidents Car Club Council Meeting

I appreciate this great story, especially since I had never heard of this before.

From The Mulford Special: "A Roadster That Saved a City"