NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Long Island Motor Parkway

The Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway, opened its first section in 1908, before the first section of the Bronx River Parkway opened. It was privately constructed on Long Island, New York. The Bronx River Parkway was one of the earliest limited access automobile highways. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... â€œNYâ€ redirects here. ...

History

It was planned by William Kissam Vanderbilt II to stretch for 70 miles as a route in and out of New York City as far as Riverhead, the county seat of Suffolk County, New York, and point of division for the north and south forks of Long Island. William Kissam Vanderbilt II was born on October 26, 1878. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Riverhead is a hamlet in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The South Fork of Suffolk County, New York is a peninsula in the southeast part of the county and of Long Island. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ...

Eventually only 45 miles (from Queens in New York City to Lake Ronkonkoma, New York) would actually be constructed. Construction began in June 1908 (a year after the Bronx River Parkway), and a 10-mile-long section of the parkway opened to traffic in October 1908, making it the first superhighway put into use. The Long Island Motor Parkway was a toll road. Queens County, often referred to as simply Queens, is the largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is home to New York Citys two major airports (John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia), the New York Mets baseball team, the USTA National Tennis Center, Silvercup... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Lake Ronkonkoma is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Suffolk County, New York. ... The Bronx River Parkway was one of the earliest limited access automobile highways. ... A highway is a major road within a city, or linking several cities together. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Roadway design advances of the 1920s rendered the Motor Parkway obsolete less than 20 years after construction. At the same time Robert Moses was planning the Northern State Parkway. Initially the owners and some Long Island officials wanted the Motor Parkway integrated into the state parkway system, despite its narrow roadway and steep bridges not meeting new standards. Robert Moses was against the idea stating the parkway would need significant reconstruction. The completion of the Northern State Parkway signalled the end for the Motor Parkway. In 1938 the parkway was sold to New York State and closed. Most of the Motor Parkway in Queens (west of Winchester Boulevard whose widening destroyed an overpass) exists as a bicycle trail from Kissena Park to Alley Pond Park, part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway. Robert Moses with a model of his proposed Battery Bridge Robert Moses (December 18, 1888â€“July 29, 1981) was the master builder of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County. ... The Northern State Parkway is a limited-access parkway that runs for approximately 29 miles west-east across the north shore of New Yorks Long Island. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alley Pond Park is the second-largest public park in Queens, New York. ...

The Nassau County roadway has been developed, or turned into a right of way for LIPA powerlines. Part of the parkway in Suffolk County exists as a local county route. Lipa City is a 1st class city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. ...

Racing

An impetus for the building of the road was to provide a graded, banked and grade-separated highway suitable for racing. Vanderbilt had operated his Vanderbilt Cup races over local roads in Nassau County during the first decade of the 20th century, but the killing of two spectators and the injury of many others showed the need to eliminate racing on residential streets. Vanderbilt Cup race start, 1910 The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing. ... Nassau County is a suburban city county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ...

The parkway hosted races on its first open portion in 1908 and on the full road in 1909 and 1910, but another accident in the latter year, killing four with additional injuries, caused the New York Legislature to ban racing except on race tracks, ending the parkway's career as a racing road. The New York Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. state of New York, seated at the states capital, Albany. ...

Access

As an early limited access road, access was only provided at a small number of toll booths, joined to local roads by short connector roads. Traffic could turn left between the parkway and connectors, so it was not a freeway. The following access points existed: The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Interstate 80 (Eastshore Freeway) in Berkeley, California: a typical American freeway (MUTCD definition) A freeway, also known as a highway, superhighway, autoroute, autobahn, autostrada, dual carriageway, expressway, Autosnelweg or motorway, depending on the country of discussion, is a type of road designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles...

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Remaining portions

Most of the road from Queens to Western Suffolk County has been obliterated by homes, other roads and structures, or has returned to nature. Some parts can be traced, some bridges still exist. Image File history File links Suffolk_County_Route_67_NY.svgâ€Ž [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Long Island Motor Parkway Interstate 495 (New York) New York State Route 111 New York State Route 454 New York State... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The western portion in Queens was reopened a few months after closure as a bicycle path from Kissena Park to Alley Pond Park, but the highway itself survives as a continuous county road, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway (County Route 67) from Half Hollow Road in Half Hollow Hills to its original end in Ronkonkoma, just a few blocks short of the lake. Signage along the way also identifies it variously as Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alley Pond Park is the second-largest public park in Queens, New York. ...

Though not a limited access road since 1938, most of the road was recognizable into the 1970s, while new intersections continued to be cut through it. In the approximate middle of the road in and around Islandia, New York, office construction and other commercial building has widened the road and made it appear a typical highway. Nonetheless, other portions, especially at the western and eastern ends of the surviving road can be enjoyed for its greenery and graded and banked turns and rolling hills, albeit at considerably less than racecar speeds. Islandia is a village located in Suffolk County, New York. ...

Preservation

In 2005, two historians / preservationists voiced their intentions of preserving what undeveloped portions of original Long Island Motor Parkway pavement remain for use as part of a historical hike/bike trail (minus the existing Queens trail segment), submitting a formal proposal to Nassau County, Suffolk County, the Long Island Power Authority (which uses several portions of the old right-of-way to run powerlines) and the State of New York. Work is expected to begin on the idea at some point in the near future, and most of that work will be carried out by the New York State Department of Transportation. Nassau County is a suburban city county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Long Island Power Authority, a municipal subdivision of the State of New York, was created under the Long Island Power Act of 1985 to acquire the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO)s assets and securities. ... â€œNYâ€ redirects here. ... The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is reponsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of New York. ...

The most prominent remaining toll house can be found in Garden City. Once located at the juncture of Clinton Road and Vanderbilt Court, it was moved in 1989 to its current location in the heart of the village on Seventh Street. It now serves as the headquarters of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. Garden City, New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869. ...

External links

Categories: Demolished highways | Long Island highways | County routes in Suffolk County, New York | American parkways | Registered Historic Places in New York Harden Parkway in Salinas, CA. For other uses, see Parkway (disambiguation). ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... â€œNYâ€ redirects here. ... The Northern State Parkway is a limited-access parkway that runs for approximately 29 miles west-east across the north shore of New Yorks Long Island. ... The Southern State Parkway or simply known as the Southern State or the Southern Parkway, is an east-west limited-controlled access highway on Long Island, New York, which links the Belt and Cross Island Parkways in New York City with the Heckscher State Parkway in East Islip, New York. ... The Heckscher State Parkway is a 7. ... Bay Parkway is a 3. ... Ocean Parkway is a limited-access roadway that traverses a length of the barrier beaches of south Long Island, servicing a number of parks there, including Jones Beach State Park and Captree State Park. ... The Meadowbrook State Parkway is a parkway in Nassau County, New York which runs 12. ... The Loop Parkway (or simply The Loop) is a spur off the Meadowbrook Parkway. ... The Wantagh State Parkway is a parkway on Long Island, New York that links the Ocean Parkway at Jones Beach State Park with the Northern State Parkway in Westbury. ... The Bethpage State Parkway is part of the parkway system in Long Island, New York, USA. It is unsigned New York State Reference Route 907E. It has been redesignated (formally, but is not usually known as) the Philip B. Healey Memorial Parkway. ... Robert Moses Causeway is the parkway and bridges, originally known as the Captree Causeway that connects the mainland Long Island in West Islip, New York to the barrier beach islands such as Captree Island, Jones Beach Island, and the western tip of Fire Island. ... The Sagtikos State Parkway is a 4. ... The Sunken Meadow State Parkway is a six mile north-south parkway on Long Island New York and part of New York State Reference Route 908K--the Sagtikos State Parkway is the other part. ... Caumsett State Parkway was a formerly proposed parkway on the north shore of Long Island which would have been in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. ... Sound Shore Parkway was a formerly proposed parkway intended to run primarily across the north shore of Long Island between the City of Glen Cove and the Town of Town of Smithtown, New York. ...

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