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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
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.
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
go to ----> LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY Part 2.
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
go to ----> LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY Part 2.