The Horace Harding Expressway section follows the path of Horace Harding Boulevard (also previously called Nassau Boulevard),[REF][REF] which was named for Horace J. Harding (1863-1929), a finance magnate who directed the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the New York Municipal Railways System.
In 1968, a subway line along the Long Island Expressway was proposed, but was canceled due to a lack of funding [REF].