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Tag: Melville Sand Pits

Dec 07 2022
Updated 12/7/2022: Then & Now: The Very Elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits

The sole remaining standing Motor Parkway bridge in Suffolk County is the elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in Melville.
Sep 22 2018
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Only Active Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge in Suffolk County

A VanderbiltCupRaces.com viewer has provided the first known images of the 108-year old Clody Farmway Bridge working in action in the Melville sandpits.
Jan 21 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)

The 53rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Clody Farmway Bridge located in Huntington (now Melville).
Apr 09 2013
Mystery Foto #9 Possibly Solved: Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage?

After one week of comments, I believe Frank has solved the mystery. Most likely, the photographer was looking south on the Motor Parkway towards the Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge.
Mar 04 2013
Mystery Photo #4 Solved: A 1928 Aerial of Old Bethpage and Melville Looking North

The fourth in our series of Friday mystery photos is a classic aerial of the Motor Parkway: Old Bethpage and Melville looking North.
Apr 25 2012
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: New Evidence of the Melville Sand Pits Motor Parkway Bridge

More evidence has surfaced that the last intact Motor Parkway in Suffolk County is still standing in the Melville Sandpits near Route 110.
Dec 06 2011
Update: The Last Intact Motor Parkway Bridge in Suffolk County in the Melville Sand Pits

Twenty-eight members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society enjoyed a fun, productive meeting last night at the Old Bethpage Restoration Village. During the meeting, Joe Scotto provided new evidence concerning the last intact Motor Parkway bridge in Suffolk County.
Dec 03 2011
Presentation “Motor Parkway: From Round Swamp Road to Broad Hollow Road” on Tuesday, December 6th

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, a presentation "The Motor Parkway: From Round Swamp Road to Broad Hollow Road" will be part of the Long Island Motor Parkway Parkway Preservation Society meeting. The presentation will be held in the auditorium of the Old Bethpage Village Restoration beginning at 7:30 PM. All…
Jun 13 2011
The Last Intact Motor Parkway Bridge in Suffolk County

Over the last five years, there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to photograph the reportedly last intact Motor Parkway Bridge located in the Melville Sand Pits. Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation member Chris Giffuni sadly reports that this bridge was in destroyed sometime during the last ten years.
Jan 19 2011
From the Ridolph Collection: The Motor Parkway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits

As posted last November, only eight of the 60 bridges built from 1908 to 1926 for the Long Island Motor Parkway are still intact (five in Queens, two in Nassau County and one in Suffolk County). My hesitation is that the lone surviving intact Suffolk County Motor Parkway bridge is…