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LONG   ISLAND   MOTOR   PARKWAY

THE   VANDERBILT   CUP   RACE

and     THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD



FROM   LONG   ISLAND   FORUM   JUNE   1962  -  WITH   THANKS
"You may use the Forum article as long as it is properly credited.   Richard F. Welch Editor,   LI Forum"  





THREE   PORTIONS   OF   CIRCA   1916   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD   PLAN   SHOWING:

(1)   EASTERN   TERMINUS   AT   LAKE   RONKONKOMA


(2)   WESTERN   END


(3) IN   RELATION   TO   THE   CENTRAL   EXTENSION   AND   BETHPAGE   BRANCH.


1927 SOCONY ROAD MAP - Route 25A is now 25.




1937   MAP




L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION
CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD.
PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
"PROPOSED ROAD" AT LEFT IS OAK STREET.


PROBABLY MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION, 1973 LOOKING WEST


AND LOOKING EAST


 



1908 VANDERBILT CUP RACE

 











THE GRAND STAND LOCATED BETWEEN THE PRESENT
NEWBRIDGE ROAD AND HICKSVILLE ROAD (ROUTE 107).


THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R.
THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY
ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING


THIS ENLARGEMENT OF THE SAME PHOTO SHOWS A TRAIN,
TENDER FIRST OR A TANK ENGINE, IN THE DISTANCE


CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.




EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND

circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE
100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE


1941 HAGSTROM'S MAP




circa 1950 MAP SHOWS REMNANTS OF MOTOR PARKWAY EAST AND WEST OF LEVITTOWN
INCLUDING "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" EAST OF STEWART AVENUE, THEN CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.


IDENTIFIED AS "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" - LOOKING SOUTHWEST.


L.I.M.P. BRIDGE OVER LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MAIN LINE
SOUTH OF CENTRAL PARK STATION.


JANUARY 8, 1934 LOOKING NORTHWEST.


CENTRAL PARK


A STRAIGHTAWAY NEAR FARMINGDALE.


                                  1930   EAGLE   AUTOMOBILE   GUIDE

         



THREE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM LIMP BRIDGES

TWO TAKEN IN 1952 FROM LIMP BRIDGE EAST OF MINEOLA
 

FROM BRIDGE EAST OF EAST WILLISTON
TRAIN NUMBER 552 WITH OYSTER BAY CLUB CAR


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