Tag: Massapequa Hicksville Road Bridge
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Mystery Foto #27 Solved:Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test
Brian McCarthy challenged you to identify the Motor Parkway bridge that was captured during the 1909 New York Economy Contest.
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Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A View of #54 Lancia Crashing at the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Turn in 1910
Chuck Rudy, Jr. challenged you to identify this panoramic view of an accident from a Long Island Motor Parkway bridge.
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From the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race at the Massapequa Turn
The fourth post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Album features photos of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Races taken at the Masspaequa-Hicksville Turn in Plainedge.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album (1909-1910)
I am pleased to announce that the Bayport Heritage Association and the Suffolk County Parks Department have provided over 100 photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album to be posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com.
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Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A Rare View of the Massapequa Lodge on the Motor Parkway
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a first-ever published view of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge
The 43rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge in Plainedge.
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Rare 1930s Photos of Two Motor Parkway Bridge Accidents
The Motor Parkway bridges in Nassau County were built from 1908 to 1911. The significant growth of traffic in the 1920s and 1930s was not anticipated in the design of the bridges and the openings for roads below were very narrow, typically only 22 feet wide. As a result, multiple car accidents occurred