Tag: Motor Parkway Bridges
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Aug 28 2023
Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Robert Moses’ New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge over Northern State Parkway
Al Velocci challenged you to identify this Motor Parkway Bridge.
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Feb 08 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the First 15 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County
The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge series continues with the first 15 bridges in Nassau County (#s 13-27) going from west to east.
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Oct 07 2015
A 1910 Blueprint of Two Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Commack & Brentwood
This is a rare look at the blueprint for the Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over Commack Road (Commack) and Wicks Road (Brentwood).
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Dec 29 2014
Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908
Art Kleiner forwarded this Mystery Foto and needed your assistance in identifying this Motor Parkway Bridge.
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Mar 31 2014
Mystery Foto #61 Solved: The Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage)
Frank Femenias forwarded this challenging Mystery Foto of a Motor Parkway Bridge under construction.
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Oct 01 2012
Newsday 1954 Article: “Motor Parkway ‘Ghosts’ Haunt Northern State”
Art Kleiner has forwarded a 1954 Newsday article on the two Motor Parkway bridges built in Lake Success by Robert Moses with the construction of the Northern State Parkway in 1931. The Motor Parkway bridge parallel to Lakeville Road is documented below.
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Jun 19 2012
An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
This 1927 aerial shows a spectacular view of the Deepdale Mansion, former Lake Success home of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge.
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Jul 15 2011
Update #4: Damage to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
As reported over the last six 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. On Friday, members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, the Ford Model A Club and the Old…
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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.
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Sep 28 2010
Part I: The Motor Parkway “Mayan Ruins” in Garden City
Art writes: "I recently came across what might have been remnants of a bridge that ran over the Motor Parkway in Garden City. Through a friend's suggestion who lives on Pell Terrace, I was able to visit and take some photos but I wonder if you have any information. as…
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…