Tag: Old Bethpage
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Mar 23 2012
An Old Bethpage Mystery Solved at the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting
A decades old mystery of the location of the Motor Parkway through Old Bethpage Village Restoration was apparently solved at the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society meeting last Wednesday. Here are the highlights of the meeting attended by 42 people.
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Mar 21 2012
Will the Motor Parkway Mystery In Old Bethpage Be Solved by Al Velocci Tonight?
Motor Parkway fans have debated for years the location of the road west of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge. Did the parkway turn left and head up the hill, turn right at grade level or somehow even go through the hill?
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Nov 17 2011
Heavy Equipment Crew Visits the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
The effort to restore the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration made great progress last Monday with the arrival of a heavy equipment crew.
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Jun 30 2011
Archives: Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
Links to related posts on the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge (Updated: December 31, 2011):
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May 05 2011
Update #3: Damage to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
As reported over the last five months on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge was subjected last year to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals. I am pleased to report that some progress is being made in the clean-up of the area surrounding the bridge:
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Apr 14 2011
Update #2: Damage to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
As reported over the last four months on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge had been subjected to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals last year. Here's the latest update on the cleanup and restoration of one of only two existing Motor Parkway bridges in Nassau County :
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Feb 15 2011
Help Restore the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
Only two Motor Parkway bridges remain standing in Nassau County- in Manhasset Hills and Old Bethpage. Here is background on the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge and your opportunity to help restore it... tonight!
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Jan 11 2011
A CALL TO ACTION: The Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
As a follow-up to the December 15th post concerning the deterioration of the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge and its surrounding area, Joe E. has submitted the following report with photos:
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Jan 08 2011
Then & Now: The Botto Farmway Bridge in Bethpage State Park
When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in the late 1920s, a total of 65 bridges had been built over and under the parkway. Most of the bridges were used to avoid intersections of major roads. However, many of the bridges were built to connect adjoining properties and farms. These "farmway" bridges were part of the negotiations when the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. purchased the right-of way. One of the farmway bridges connected the east and west sections of the Botto farm…
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Sep 19 2010
A “New” Motor Parkway Map & Nassau County Historical Sites
Steven W. comments: "Do you have a road map of the full route of the Motor Parkway with surrounding residential streets? This would be highly appreciated, as I would love to see it and bike through the trails of the demolished part in Nassau County".
