Tag: Lirr-oyster Bay Branch
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Greg O’s Garage: Plans and aerials that document the removal of the Motor Parkway railroad bridges in Nassau County
Pat Babor has forwarded 1982 MTA plans to remove two Motor Parkway railroad bridges in Mineola and East Williston/Williston Park.
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Mystery Friday Foto #12 Solved; The Oyster Bay LIRR Bridge Williston Park & East Williston Abutment
Did you solve this mystery bridge abutment?
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Mystery Friday Foto #2 Solved: A surviving section of the Motor Parkway off Willis Avenue in Williston Park
Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this weekend's mystery photo.
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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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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #5 Williston Park
Our favorite Motor Parkway father and son team Dave and Sammy Russo journeyed once again on their bikes to explore our favorite parkway from Lake Success to Melville. In the fifth post of the series, Sammy and Dave explored the Williston Park section to the Oyster Bay LIRR tracks of…
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Malverne Treasure #1: A Letter from William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
Over 150 Long Island Motor Parkway surveys, maps, blueprints and drawings discovered by Roy Knoernschild in a Malverne basement are being categorized, repaired and scanned. During this process, another gem was discovered-a signed 1911 letter from William K. Vanderbilt Jr. sent to an assistant engineer for the Long Island Motor…
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My Motor Parkway Story #3: Bob Valentine and the Williston Park Historic Marker
In the third of the My Motor Parkway Story series, Bob Valentine, assisted by his wife Ruth, provides the background behind the Motor Parkway historic marker located on Willis Avenue in Williston Park.
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Mystery Foto #35 Solved:Williston Park/East Williston/Albertson Section of the Motor Parkway in 1938
Master Mystery Foto detective Greg Oreiro has submitted this Mystery Foto aerial of a section of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Then & Now: The Motor Parkway Between LIRR -Oyster Bay Branch and Roslyn Road in East Williston
On Saturday, April 20th, you are invited to help clean-up a historic section of the Motor Parkway in East Williston. Here is a "Then & Now" of this area between the LIRR tracksof the Oyster Bay Branch and Roslyn Road.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#22 Oyster Bay LIRR Bridge Williston Park & East Williston
One-third through documenting the 65 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges going west to east, the 22nd bridge is the Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road bridge between Williston Park and East Williston.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…