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Forum: Long Island Distressways!

Here's the place to talk about LI's roads: past, present and future, and the wonders of having to drive on them.

  1. Red Light Cameras

    I think I may have gotten tagged by one last night in Bethpage... Making a left as the light turned red!

    Started by The Commish, 09-24-2009 10:43 AM
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    04-14-2011 10:17 AM Go to last post
  2. LIMP (Long Island Motor Parkway)

    Hey, you guys ought to have a page for, and photos of, the Long Island Motor Parkway.

    Started by RussNelson, 10-23-2008 01:04 PM
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    03-10-2011 10:45 PM Go to last post
  3. Islip Speedway

    I live just a few minutes from where the Islip speedway used to be. My husband used to go there as a kid. there is actually a sign on 111 going east...

    Started by lubby, 06-30-2008 10:24 PM
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    03-10-2011 07:56 PM Go to last post
  4. Races at Mineola Fairgrounds 1946

    In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of 75 vintage cars and nine races at...

    Started by Richit, 10-29-2010 10:09 PM
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    10-30-2010 10:41 AM Go to last post
  5. E85 Gas Station in NY

    Has anyone come across any E85 carrying gas stations? I was searching the web and I found some listed, but the results between the different sites...

    Started by The Commish, 07-20-2010 04:08 PM
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    07-21-2010 10:48 PM Go to last post
  6. southern state parkway over pass street names

    i never notice this before and I am sure many of us haven't. My husband was telling me that on all of the over passes on the parkway in the brick...

    Started by lubby, 02-02-2010 09:48 PM
    • Replies: 6
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    03-27-2010 10:22 AM Go to last post
  7. LI Drivers SUCK!

    Ok, Rant time. I am SICK OF THIS! The past month I have been noticing a sky rocking amount of assholes on the road. I just made a round trip to...

    Started by 12Bridge, 08-22-2009 05:24 PM
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    03-02-2010 04:26 PM Go to last post
  8. How some Long Island roads got there names.........................

    Granny Rd: Named for an older woman ,who traveled this road on horse in the late 1800's . She made house calls to care for the sick and delivered...

    Started by Richit, 07-09-2008 12:25 AM
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    12-12-2009 07:56 PM Go to last post
  9. Worst LI Backroads

    Are they EVER gonna pave Long Island Ave? Every time I drive down there my teeth knock together. THey keep saying, they (Crookhaven) are gonna fix...

    Started by Curly, 06-12-2008 10:18 AM
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    11-20-2009 12:27 PM Go to last post
  10. Motor Parkway

    Some guys youtube about Motor Parkways history. He does show some areas that have original roadway etc. that might be worth exploring sometime. ...

    Started by Nasus, 06-14-2008 08:04 AM
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    09-22-2009 07:15 PM Go to last post
  11. AAA names Southern State one of state's worst roads

    The Southern State Parkway has achieved another dubious distinction, it is one of New York's "worst roads" in a list compiled by AAA. AAA New York...

    Started by Nasus, 08-04-2009 07:36 AM
    • Replies: 3
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    08-04-2009 03:12 PM Go to last post
  12. Jennifer Anniston

    Route 135 in Seaford was closed today because Jennifer Anniston was filming a movie on it. Traffic on Sunrise Highway and 135 was...

    Started by urethra franklin, 07-20-2009 10:58 PM
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    07-21-2009 10:24 PM Go to last post
  13. You know what snow means....

    Please excuse my shitty camera and car haha...there wasn't really any snow left but I figured screw it. I couldn't really get it to shred pavement...

    Started by urethra franklin, 12-07-2008 04:59 AM
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    07-10-2009 11:12 PM Go to last post
  14. Irv Gordon

    This man is my personal hero. A resident of East Patchogue, he has driven his Volvo P1800 2,700,000+ miles since he purchased it new in 1966. The...

    Started by urethra franklin, 04-08-2009 09:48 AM
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    04-16-2009 03:03 AM Go to last post
  15. Toll Booths

    The July 4th weekend in 1978 included a true Independence Day for motorists who used the Southern State Parkway. That was the weekend that tolls were...

    Started by Nasus, 10-15-2008 10:00 PM
    • Replies: 7
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    04-10-2009 10:48 AM Go to last post
  16. Hauppauge Race Track?

    I found this picture surfing the web and all it said below it was Hauppauge Race Track. Anyone know anything of a racetrack that was once in...

    Started by Nasus, 03-08-2009 08:53 PM
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    03-13-2009 08:30 PM Go to last post
  17. 2 LI roads are region's deadliest for pedestrians

    2 LI roads are region's deadliest for pedestrians Nassau's Hempstead Turnpike is the tri-state area's deadliest road for pedestrians, and Sunrise...

    Started by Nasus, 11-01-2008 01:53 PM
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    12-23-2008 10:33 AM Go to last post
  18. Highways to Hell (NY made the list)

    Highways to Hell Avalanche danger, gridlock and good old-fashioned road rage make these the 10 most treacherous, traffic-clogged roads in America....

    Started by Nasus, 11-26-2008 07:03 AM
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    11-27-2008 05:13 PM Go to last post
  19. LIMP disaster?

    I just drove passed the dead mans curve section of the parkway and from 135 it looks like its been entirely cleared and a big crane was sitting right...

    Started by urethra franklin, 11-21-2008 03:45 PM
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    11-22-2008 12:02 AM Go to last post
  20. Anybody know what the hell happened on 135 today?

    Closed both ways for over an hour. I got stuck in it, friggen horrible....News 12 said "police investigation" but didn't give any other details. I...

    Started by urethra franklin, 10-27-2008 07:36 PM
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    10-30-2008 06:31 PM Go to last post

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