Tag: Mineola Lodge
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Apr 08 2015
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: The Elusive #13 & #14 Huntington Lodges in Melville
Going west to east, the 13th and 14th Motor Parkway toll collection structures was the Huntington Lodge, located 300-feet east of Broad Hollow Road in Melville and south of the Motor Parkway.
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Jun 23 2014
Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead
Gary Hammond forwarded this amazing aerial for this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Jul 01 2013
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: 1938 Aerial of East Williston, Mineola & Carle Place
Greg, one of our champion solvers, submitted last Friday's Mystery Foto.
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Jan 28 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #8 Mineola Lodge
Going west to east, the seventh Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Mineola Lodge located off Jericho Turnpike in Mineola.
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Dec 19 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #27 Jericho Turnpike “Highway” Bridge in Mineola
The 27th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the highway bridge under Jericho Turnpike in Mineola.
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Nov 11 2010
From the Ron Ridolph Collection- Then & Now: Motor Parkway Lodges
When Ron Ridolph walked the Long Island Motor Parkway in the 1970s and 1980s he documented four toll lodges that were still standing...or was it five? Here are my "Then" photos as compared to Ron's "Now" photos circa 1970 to 1981.
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Sep 06 2010
Then & Now: The Jericho Turnpike Motor Parkway Bridge and the Mineola Lodge
Sara Danz comments: "I remember seeing a photo of the excavation of the LIMP UNDER Jericho Turnpike just south of this. Has anyone ever seen this photo? I haven't been able to find it again."
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May 18 2010
Then & Now: Potential Nassau Historical Markers on the Motor Parkway Trail
Nassau County is currently developing a master plan for a continuous multi-use Motor Parkway Trail. Part of the plan calls for the placement of markers "at the location of historical remnants and will serve as a way to educate the public on the history of the corridor as the original Long Island Motor Parkway..". These are my recommendations for 21 historic markers:
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Dec 18 2009
16 Photos of Motor Parkway Lodges, Gates, Kiosks and Entrances/Exits
As a follow-up to my 10/10/08 toll lodge post, here are photos of 14 of the 20 toll collection structures and 2 entrances/exits of the Long Island Motor Parkway (Updated: December 21, 2009):
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Oct 08 2008
The 20 Toll Collection Structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway-Updated 3/17/2018
One of the myths of the Long Island Motor Parkway’s history was that there were 12 lodges designed by prominent architect John Russell Pope and built to collect tolls and provide housing for the toll-takers and their families. The answer to the question of the number of toll lodges on the Motor Parkway is not as easy as you may think.
