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LONG   ISLAND   MOTOR   PARKWAY

THE   VANDERBILT   CUP   RACE

and     THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD

PART     TWO







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.


FROM   1930   EAGLE   AUTOMOBILE   GUIDE                             FROM   A   1936   MAGAZINE                        
 











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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