Tag: Newbridge Avenue
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Jan 08 2025
A Family Discovers 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race Photos in their Grandfather’s Photo Album
While reading some posts in a Facebook antique car group, I came across some family photos posted by grandson Charles Heyer of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race from his grandfather's old photo albums
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Jun 27 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #26 Solved: The 1909 Alco Black Beast on the “Meadowbrook” Motor Parkway Bridge (Newbridge Avenue) in East Meadow in 1910
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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May 23 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved: The Fairchild FC-2 NC6370 flying over the Motor Parkway in East Meadow courtesy of the Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation (circa 1928-1932)
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Dec 14 2020
Mystery Foto #50 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. on the Long Island Motor Parkway
Did you solve this weekend's historic Mystery Foto?
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Jul 01 2019
Mystery Foto #26 Solved: The Dangerous Newbridge Avenue Bridge on 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured another important section of a Vanderbilt Cup Race course.
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Aug 08 2016
Mystery Foto #32 Solved:#M32 Rainier and #P43 Simplex Racing on the Opening Day of the Motor Parkway
Frank Femenias challenged you once again to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Aug 07 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #35: The “Meadowbrook” Bridge in East Meadow
The 35th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the "Meadowbrook" parkway bridge over Newbridge Avenue (Bellmore Road) in East Meadow.
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Apr 18 2011
Then & Now: The “Meadowbrook” Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow
One of the first bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway was captured in a 1939 aerial view in last Sunday's post. Here's a Then & Now of the curved "Meadowbrook Bridge" in East Meadow built for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race:
