Editing Long Island Motor Parkway (section)

== Demise ==
[[File:LongIslandMotorParkway1.JPG|thumb|Historical marker for the Long Island Motor Parkway in [[Melville, New York|Melville]].]]
Roadway design advances of the 1920s rendered the road obsolete less than 20 years after construction. At the same time [[Robert Moses]] was planning the [[Northern State Parkway]]. In 1929, the owners and some Long Island officials proposed that New York State should buy the road and integrate it into the state parkway system, despite its narrow roadway (varying from 16 to 22 feet wide) and steep bridges not meeting new standards.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/07/29/archives/wants-state-to-buy-li-motor-parkway-nassau-citizens-group-starts.html |title=Wants State to Buy L.I. Motor Parkway: Nassau Citizens' Group Starts Movement to Condemn It for Public Use: Would Acquire Park land: Widening and Landscaping Advocated for Old Road Built for Sportsmen |work=The New York Times |date=July 29, 1929 |page=15}}</ref> Moses opposed the idea, stating that the Long Island Motor Parkway had been "a white elephant for the last twenty years" and that it would need significant reconstruction to integrate it into the state parkway system.<ref name="derides">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/07/31/archives/derides-plan-to-buy-li-motor-parkway-moses-calls-idea-propaganda.html |title=Derides Plan to Buy L.I. Motor Parkway: Moses Calls Idea 'Propaganda for Nassau Millionaire Estate Owners' |work=The New York Times |date=July 31, 1929 |page=23}}</ref>

The completion of the Northern State Parkway signaled the end for the road. In 1937, the portion of the Long Island Motor Parkway in Suffolk County was donated to Suffolk County.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/26/archives/motor-parkway-gift-accepted-by-suffolk-supervisors-approve.html |title=Motor Parkway Gift Accepted by Suffolk; Supervisors Approve Vanderbilt Transfer of 17-Mile Right-of-Way for Public Use |work=The New York Times |date=October 26, 1937 |page=18}}</ref> In July 1938, the remainder of the parkway's land was given to Nassau County and the Long Island State Parks Commission.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/07/01/archives/completes-gift-of-road-w-k-vanderbilt-jr-gives-last-50-miles-of.html |title=Completes Gift of Road: W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. Gives Last 50 Miles of Parkway to Nassau |work=The New York Times |date=July 1, 1938 |page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/07/26/archives/county-takes-over-parkway.html |title=County Takes Over Parkway |work=The New York Times |date=July 26, 1938 |page=32}}</ref>