L.I. Motor Pkwy — Old Bethpage, New York

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L.I. Motor Pkwy

Old Bethpage, New York

Historical Marker Database · Andrew Ruppenstein

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The L.I. Motor Pkwy was the first parkway in America built for the automobile and was famed for the Vanderbilt Cup Races, with ground breaking in Central Park, Bethpage, on June 6, 1908.

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Old Bethpage, New York · USA

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