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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Growing up in Levittown a friend of mine I spent many summer days exploring this area during the 1963-1966 period along Salisbury Park Drive, the woods next to the Wantagh Parkway, and at a sump that was located just west of the parkway. We would come across railroad ties from the LIRR Central Branch as well as what we now know was the LIMP remnants. The first photo must have been taken from the western edge of Newbridge Road looking west since there isn’t any Newbridge Road pavement visible in the photo. I’m curious to know the year Salisbury Park Drive was built. I think it would have been in the late 1950’s not the 1960’s. Hopefully Art can confirm the date. Great Photos! Thanks to Al and Art.
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
Excellent detective work, it all makes sense now. What struck me most of this mystery photo is how the elevated roadway cuts through the town, and the massive removal/clean-up yet to follow! Salisbury Drive at grade today gives the neighborhood a different look. The old LIMP looked like an expressway cutting through the small town, essentially what it was.
From Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
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
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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
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