claim: Richard Dawson was born in the 20th century.
evidence: The Bethpage State Parkway is a 2.49 mi parkway in Nassau County on Long Island , New York , in the United States .. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. Nassau. Nassau County, New York. parkway. parkway ( New York ). Nassau County. Nassau County, New York. Long Island. Long Island. New York. New York ( state ). It begins at a trumpet interchange with the Southern State Parkway in the village of North Massapequa and serves Boundary Avenue , NY 24 , and Central Avenue before terminating at a traffic circle with Plainview Road and a local park road in Bethpage State Park .. North Massapequa. North Massapequa, New York. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. Southern State Parkway. Southern State Parkway. traffic circle. traffic circle. Bethpage State Park. Bethpage State Park. The parkway is designated as New York State Route 907E -LRB- NY 907E -RRB- , an unsigned reference route .. parkway. parkway ( New York ). New York. New York ( state ). reference route. reference route ( New York ). It is also ceremoniously designated as the Philip B. Healey Memorial Parkway for Assemblyman Philip B. Healey -LRB- 1921 -- 1996 -RRB- .. Philip B. Healey. Philip B. Healey. The Bethpage State Parkway was first proposed by Robert Moses and the Long Island State Park Commission in 1924 to help get people from New York City to parks in Nassau and Suffolk counties .. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. Nassau. Nassau County, New York. Long Island. Long Island. New York. New York ( state ). Robert Moses. Robert Moses. Long Island State Park Commission. Long Island State Park Commission. New York City. New York City. Construction of the parkway began in 1934 , and the highway opened on November 14 , 1936 , along with the Laurelton Parkway -LRB- part of the Belt Parkway system -RRB- in Queens .. parkway. parkway ( New York ). Laurelton Parkway. Laurelton Parkway. The new parkway cost $ 1.04 million -LRB- 1936 USD -RRB- to construct .. parkway. parkway ( New York ). Moses proposed extending the Bethpage in both directions , south to Merrick Road via Massapequa State Park and north to Caumsett State Park , via an extended Bethpage and the new Caumsett State Parkway , respectively .. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. Merrick Road. Merrick Road. Caumsett State Park. Caumsett State Park. Both proposals were not constructed ; however , bike paths leading away from both directions of the parkway have been constructed or are under construction .. parkway. parkway ( New York ). Several scaled-back proposals to extend the Bethpage north have been proposed , including an extension to NY 25A in Cold Spring Harbor and another to NY 135 -LRB- the Seaford -- Oyster Bay Expressway -RRB- in Bethpage .. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. Cold Spring Harbor. Cold Spring Harbor, New York. A bike path was constructed along the Bethpage State Parkway in the 1970s using the alignment once reserved for the southern extension and land along the east side of the current parkway .. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. parkway. parkway ( New York ). Work is underway on the Bethpage Bikeway , an extension of the original bike path to the Long Island Rail Road station in Syosset .. Bethpage. Bethpage, New York. Long Island. Long Island. Long Island Rail Road station. Syosset ( LIRR station ). Syosset. Syosset, New York. The extension also uses part of the former Long Island Motor Parkway .. Long Island. Long Island. Long Island Motor Parkway. Long Island Motor Parkway