by Johnny F
For years, I've been travelling on the Montauk Division from Massapequa to Penn and back. Both sides of the elevated right-of-way at most of the stations have relatively narrow parking lots / access roads. I've always assumed these strips to be the original grade roadbed. Was the elevation done on only one side of the original (all elevated track on the southside of the original grade, for example) or did it alternate north and south of the original grade?