Vanderbilt Cup Races

Funny, none of us picked up on the dirt path immediately south of Salisbury Park Drive on Art’s “Google Earth-Today” aerial.  That’s the RoW of the Central RR of LI.  You can make it out on the enlargements (now that we know).  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

The Stewart RR line ran parallel to the LIMP in this area.  It was on the left of the photo. Even after 70 years of non existence the footprints of the tracks are still visible through the pavement of the Wantagh Parkway as you look south 50 feet from the parkway overpass (Salisbury Park Drive).

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Photo location-  LIMP just west of Newbridge Rd in Levittown. The photo is
                  looking west towards the Wantagh Parkway bridge.
                  You can see the Wantagh parkway’s light post just left of the
                  parkway bridge.
                  On the left of the photo the Lilco substation can be seen
    Other structures-  The Lilco gas dome plant on Stewart Ave in Garden City in
                      just left of the LIMP
                    The Water Tower next to the Meadowbrook Parkway and
                    Roosevelt race track is just right of the LIMP

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Did not have a lot of time to look at this one.  My gut instinct says we are at the Jerusalem Avenue bridge area looking west, along what is today Salisbury Park Drive.  I am sad to see the poor condition of our road.  The houses we see to the right are on Greenbelt Lane.  The LIMP bridge over Westbury Rd.

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

possibly NUMC in background

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Levitt homes on right, power substation on left?  Just a guess

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Motor Parkway Levittown looking west?  Newbridge rd Bridge in middle of picture?

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

This view has to be in Levittown. The Levitt houses are visible plus the power lines.

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

The short nose and triple fins make this an earlier C-21 Dolphin (OA-3 USArmy designation).

From Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1935 East Meadow Flyover by the United States Army Air Corps

I believe that is the Lilco Gast Tank on Stewart Avenue, Garden City in the distance.
That means this picture is either some place near Jericho Turnpike in Mineola looking south, or Levitown/Bethpage looking west.

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Tom, no 1960 anything and no 1950 Pontiac (no stripes on trunk lid).  As to Howard’s “Circa 1950s” pic, those are ‘57-‘58 Chrysler Corp. tail fins.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955

Below is the article I commented about above, LIRR had plans for the LIMP from Roslyn Rd to Willis Ave in 1960.

From Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway

What a classic Motor Pkwy image! Thanks Al and Howard for sharing this image of the abandoned pkwy. Amazing this photo has survived after all this time!! I believe this mystery will test the experts’ knowledge of the LIMP roadway, where I now find myself struggling to solve as well. My best guess is we’re in Levittown looking west, ON future Salisbury Drive, looking towards the Garden City gas tank in the far distance. This mystery can’t be solved without the zoom feature. The concrete bridge guardrails in the distance likely the Old Westbury Rd bridge and NOT the Wantagh State Pkwy bridge later built by Robert Moses. This photo appears to be pre Wantagh Pkwy. This was a tough one. Thanks guys!

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Nice looking maps, but none of them worked. Every time I tried to interact with them, they closed.

From Femenias Findings: A New Interactive Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

I think we’re looking west from the top of the western bridge abutment at Massapequa - Hicksville Road with the bridge over Wantagh Avenue visible in the background. My rationale is that these were the only 2 parkway bridges that were built this close together. Way off in the distance is the storage tank that was on the south side of Stewart Avenue in Garden City. Could that be remnants from the demo of the Massapequa Lodge on the right edge of the photo?

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

Classic group photo with Shelby. Is that the sun visor in your ‘66 350? Check out that signature! Great stuff Howard and Roz. The event is heart warming
______________________________________________

Howard Kroplick
Yes, the signed visor is still on my 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H

From The Day We Met Carroll Shelby

Love the photo with Carroll!

From The Day We Met Carroll Shelby

Sure wish I could have been there. It looked great from just these slides and images.j

From Big Crowd Enjoyed "A Trip Back in Time" in Bethpage

These are only guesses,but the houses look like Leavitt homes,making the location some where in Levittown.I’m also guessing the tall structure in the far background is Meadowbrook hosp.(Nassau cnty. med center) Hi Al,how are you? Casey

From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

How interesting…What an undertaking it was…

From How the Planned Route of the Long Island Motor Parkway Changed from the Initial 1906 Plan