The Old Vanderbilt Motor Parkway From Start to Finish: Part One

The original Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, built in the early 1900s and sold to the government in 1938, is followed from its western terminus in Queens to its eastern terminus in Lake Ronkonkoma. Interesting stories regarding the first paved road in the United States are told as every entry/exit/toll point is visited on the spot where it once existed. In addition, the one surviving toll house in Garden City is presented.

[@karenaline758]

I was born and raised on Motor Parkway...75 years ago...I am so happy to see this video...Thank you.

[@alzubiamir]

Thanks for sharing details on The Old Vanderbilt Motor Parkway!

[@that1930sguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@king1ny]

Springfield Boulevard!!!

[@unimatrix501]

wow great job tim!

[@SkarKingg]

The bridge Paul Revere warned the soldiers?

[@bruceglover7971]

The Vanderbilt Museum is NOT in Northport but rather in Centerport.

[@that1930sguy]

You are definitely correct, my error. It is a picturesque location but the seemingly perpetual backup at the traffic light at Little Neck Road and 25a is always a headache on the way out.

[@VincentBasso-ix1zv]

Vanderbilt parkway was not the first paved road in the U S. The advent of the bicycle brought the first paved roads.

[@billywhalen]

I think it is the first limited access long distance paved highway intended for motor vehicles

[@johntucci4306]

I was always led to believe that the northern state was the Vanderbilt motor Pkwy.

[@that1930sguy]

The Northern State did nearly parallel the old Vanerbilt at certain locations, but they were constructed at different time periods.

[@karenaline758]

part two???

[@michaelciccone2194]

"I dunno"...."I dunno"