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Howard Kroplick, North Hempstead Town Historian, stands near an old bridge overpass that passes over an area that used to be Motor Parkway in Manhasset Hills, March 18, 2015.
Through an internet search, he came up with the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, a 320-member group of parkway enthusiasts and historians that was organized in 2011.
The Long Island Motor Parkway was thus the first modern type highway. In 1908, ... † Next week’s race is the second of the second series (TIME, Oct. 19), ...
In 1906, the rich and famous flocked to the Long Island Gold Coast, including a man obsessed with a new invention at the time, the automobile. William K. Vanderbilt the Second decided to launch ...
The Vanderbilt's old Motor Parkway will be preserved as a new paved trail for hikers and bikes. William K. Vanderbilt built Long Island's Motor Parkway in 1908 -- the first motor parkway of its kind ...
Eight Long Island parkway bridges are now named in memory of fallen troopers. For the family of Trooper Theodore Dobbs, killed in 1924 on motorcycle patrol, it's an honor 100 years late.