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Location: MassapequaEra: 1900-1939Record Type: Transportation Early Roadways and Travel Before the Parkway Before the construction of the Southern State Parkway, travel through the Massapequa area relied largely on local roads such as Merrick Road and other smaller east – west routes along Long Island’s South Shore. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Massapequa …

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Location: Massapequa Era: 1900-1939Record Type: Transportation Early Transportation Routes Through Massapequa Before the construction of Sunrise Highway, travel through the Massapequa area relied primarily on smaller local roads that followed the natural landscape of southern Nassau County. During the nineteenth century, transportation along the South Shore of Long Island consisted largely of wagon roads connecting …

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