LI Motor Parkway #6 – East Williston Multi-Cache
BroKarl: I went with another replacement for part 1, only to find the path to part 2 completely impassable.
Thanks to all who found this one!
LI Motor Parkway #6 – East Williston
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Located in East Williston, this is a fairly long and clear stretch of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Park on Croyden Court.
******** UPDATE: November 19, 2011 ***************
Part 1 has been replaced. If after logging a DNF for this part and you would like help, please e-mail me.
I think there may be some signal bounce caused by the power lines. Cache is on the NORTH side of the parkway.
Please make sure you read the information about the cache at the end of the original description.
*********** Original Description **********************
There were 65 bridges on the Motor Parkway, mostly in Queens and Nassau, of which a few survive. This section is sandwiched between two of these former bridges. If you walk west, you will see the remains of the western abutment of the former crossing of the parkway over the Oyster Bay branch of the Long Island Railroad. If you walk east, you will wind up on what was the west side of the overpass crossing Roslyn Road.
The Long Island Motor Parkway has been described as the first "high-speed, limited access, reinforced-concrete, landscaped parkway". It was the brainchild of William "Willie" K. Vanderbilt Jr. and was built in several stages, eventually running from 195th Street in Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma, a distance of 48 miles. The first section of 9 miles opened on October 10, 1908, running from Merrick Avenue to Round Swamp Road. The Vanderbilt Cup Race was run on October 24 of that year over a 28 mile course. The Parkway was successful until 1930, when the effects of the Great Depression and the opening of the (free) Northern State Parkway led to a steady decline in revenues. The last tolls were collected on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938. The Right of Way was turned over to the counties of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk in lieu of back taxes. All entrances were blocked off starting April 22.
Thanks to BobNMLI for his gracious permission to add to his fine LI Motor Parkway series.
FTF prize, an unactivated coin, goes to StarBow1er.
**** Part I is a magnetic strip with the coordinates for part II written on it, about 5/6 feet high. Grab the coordinates and walk up the nearby trail to find part II, which is a camo'd 200 pill vitamin bottle. Replace the coordinates when you return.
Best found during the day.
Additional Hints
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Cneg 1 GC
Cneg 2 onfr bs gerr.
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