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Such a great feeling to have your Tucker back home all restored, and looking as if it just rolled of the assembly line. Thank you for bringing back the past in all its glory.

  Regards John (1966 Pontiac GTO)

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Your sense of sharing and engagement truly makes THIS car and all of your collection the pride of Long Island. We cannot thank you enough!

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Been there -done that - http://sbiii.com/limpkwya.html#wintale - I never had a chance to dig but I always KNEW the paving was under there!  YAY!  You can always tell by the way vegetation grows over paving.  Thanks.  Sam, III

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Thanks for sharing the pics of the LIMP find.  Every time I see any of these pics it just pulls at my heart strings.  To have walked so much of the section of the parkway myself as a child near route 110.  Glad to see some shots of the post too.  I think awhile back when I submitted my family pics of early 1950s, there was a shot of one of the entry posts near the parkway. Our driveway was part of the access to the parkway from route 110. Like seeing a dear family member.  Thanks again.

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Looks perfect Howard. Look forward to seeing it in person.

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Great site Sam III, thanks!

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Since the early 70’s, that’s cool Joe. I guess it may have been possible to walk or bike the ROW with no interruptions from Colonial Springs Rd right up to the LIE at that time? The pavement is just a few inches below the soil thru out here.

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Sam - WOW! Nice find.

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Very nice pictures.  Been through that spot a few times,  since early 1970 it got worse every single year,  hard to walk a long.  Great job.

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Wow!  Barely related and purely coincidental, here’s a site with the most amazing and detailed railroad maps:

  https://www.openrailwaymap.org/

You can zoom in on the LIMP/LIRR rights of way.  Where geopolitical boundaries coincide with the LIMP RoW, it’s all there - William Street to South Street, and out around Islandia, just for example.

The level of detailed captioning is simply staggering!  Sam, III

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Update 11/23/2018: Frank Femenias has added an image of the drainage system at Site #3.

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Dave - Brian had mentioned the soil/grass covering the roadway by the school may have helped preserve the top layer over the years, but also made it brittle at the same time. Exposing the original concrete below was not that hard.

We also found the concrete item you mention. It seems to be part of a drainage system that ran under the curve where the posts are (#4). We took a snapshot of the connecting pipe as well. I’ll send Howard the drainage pics.

Art - If it helps, the coordinates for the posts were at N40*46’51.46, W73*22’5.00

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Hi Dave. I’ve wanted to explore this toughest section of the LIMP ever You and Sammy have.And I kept in mind to locate the concrete structures you pointed out. I saw 3 structures total within a well worn drainage bed that continues south on the east side of the LIMP. This bed eventually turns west beneath the LIMP embankment ( thru a pipe ) where we witnessed the guard rail type posts. Frank may have taken a photo of the concrete structures, I’ll ask him. I’m not sure what their purpose is but it appears that they were formed there in a specific way. Could help for drainage but still scratching my head.

Hi Art. I remember reading about your trek thru here. And you witnessed the guard rail type posts back then along with concrete posts we didn’t see. That’s what’s good about all doing these explorings, more eyes the better.

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Karters of the world unite!  You haven’t lived until you’ve seen famed automotive cartoonist Stan Mott’s around-the-world kart trip (really):  http://sbiii.com/cyclops/stmott-2.html#gokart!  Sam, III

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Frank, Brian - nice exploration.  Been there (east and west of Bagatelle) and I know what you mean about the poison ivy, thorns, etc.  I usually start my trip by crossing Bagatelle where the Parkway would have and venturing northward.  Found the posts years ago but haven’t since so glad you did.  Probably will venture out there again soon thanks to your post!

From my website:
https://www.freewebs.com/limparkway/bagatelleroadwest.htm

https://www.freewebs.com/limparkway/bagatelleroadeast.htm

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Thanks for the laughs, Howard.  And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there!

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Hi Howard:

    Wishing you, Roz and your girls a very happy family wishes for a great day!!!
All my best and a salute to you for great moments with best wishes to all our
VCR people out there !!!!
                Cordially and fraternally,  Ron Ridolph and Family

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Spent quite few nights as a spectator at Freeport, Islip, and later Riverhead Raceway.  Did hundreds of laps myself at Riverhead during the 2000-2001 race seasons racing karts with the Eastern Kart Racing Association.

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Thanks Denis, I didn’t know that Huntington was pushing for a trail in the past. This actually happening would be excellent. We didn’t really examine the ROW south of the school to rear of Holmes Farm, but will soon. Maybe there’s not much to see, but just to make sure

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Great work guys! Brings back memories! You did some nice clean up work too! I love the spots you dug out. Excellent work.

Your spot #1 pic - looking over shelf - that is usually much more visible LIMP there - you can blame the fall leaves for hiding it but that is a cool spot.

In between your points #2 and #3—before you go over Bagatelle Rd - if you go down and dig at any point you will find the LIMP in tact, we dug randomly throughout and it was always right under us. Hidden history. Awesome. The entire road is under you the whole time.

Nice posts finds. We didn’t find those. Must have been too busy getting poison ivy!

In between points 5 and 6 did you find that location that was speculated about? Could have been a drain run off? There was a lot of LIMP debris in one location there and we had good back and forth about what it was.might be, I’m wondering if you saw it yourself now?

And you started too far north! Should have started down by the VFW and witnessed the bridge remnants and the pavement behind the VFW and then proceed through the farmland. Next time!

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