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Interstate 278 (abbreviated I-278) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Despite its number, it does not connect to I-78, though a western extension was planned to I-78 east of the Route 24 interchange. The majority of I-278 is in New York City, serving local traffic; it passes through all five boroughs (though through Manhattan only because the Triborough Bridge crosses Wards Island, which is technically part of Manhattan). The portion that goes through New Jersey is sometimes called the Union Freeway.
Like most Interstates, I-278 is predominantly owned by the state; however, in New York, the New York City Department of Transportation owns two older sections of the freeway in Brooklyn. The first section is near downtown Brooklyn. The second is located between Queens Boulevard and the Grand Central Parkway.[2]
[edit] Route description
| Lengths |
|
mi[1] |
km |
| NJ |
2.00 |
3.22 |
| NY |
33.62 |
54.11 |
| Total |
35.62 |
57.32 |
Homes along the Staten Island Expressway
The short New Jersey segment begins in Linden at the junction with U.S. Route 1/9 and goes east into Elizabeth to its other New Jersey interchange, with Route 439 (the original Goethals Bridge approach) and the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95). It crosses the Arthur Kill on the 4-lane Goethals Bridge to Staten Island, a borough of New York City.
After crossing into New York, I-278 uses the following named highways:
I-278's eastern terminus is the Bruckner Interchange. Here, I-95 continues the Bruckner Expressway towards the New England Thruway. Due to the relative age of I-278 (most of the highways that make up I-278 predate the highway), the majority of I-278 has a 45 m.p.h. speed restriction, with the exception of the Staten Island Expressway, which has a 50 m.p.h. speed limit.
Legally, the New York section of I-278 is defined as part of Interstate Route Connector 512 and all of Interstate Route Connector 518 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.
[edit] Exit list
| Location |
Mile |
# |
Destinations |
Notes |
| Old |
|
| Linden, NJ |
0.00 |
|
|
 US 1-9 south – Linden |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Elizabeth, NJ |
1.01 |
|
|
 NJ 439 (Bayway Avenue) to US 1-9 north – Elizabeth, Linden |
|
| 1.20 |
|
|
  I-95 / NJTP |
|
| Goethals Bridge over the Arthur Kill |
| Staten Island, NY |
| See Staten Island Expressway |
| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge over the Narrows |
| Brooklyn, NY |
| See Gowanus Expressway |
|
26A |
25 |
Battery Tunnel (I-478) – Manhattan |
Westbound exit is via exit 26 |
| 15.14 |
26B |
26 |
Hamilton Avenue |
|
| See Brooklyn-Queens Expressway |
| 25.57 |
41 |
44 |
Astoria Boulevard west |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
|
|
|
 Grand Central Parkway east – LaGuardia Airport |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 26.37 |
3 |
45 |
31st Street, Astoria Boulevard |
|
| Triboro Bridge over the East River |
| Manhattan, NY |
| 28.18 |
|
|
FDR Drive – Manhattan, Randalls Island, Wards Island, Downing Stadium |
|
| Triboro Bridge over Hell Gate |
| Bronx, NY |
| 28.89 |
44 |
47 |
 I-87 north (Major Deegan Expressway) – Albany |
|
| See Bruckner Expressway |
| 33.62 |
|
|
.svg/25px-I-295_(NY).svg.png) .svg/25px-I-678_(NY).svg.png)  I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge) / I-678 south (Whitestone Bridge) / Hutchinson River Parkway / Zerega Avenue |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 33.62 |
|
|
I-95 north (Bruckner Expressway) – New England |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
NY 440 in Staten Island.svg/25px-I-478_(NY).svg.png){kind=small}
I-478 in Brooklyn, NY.svg/25px-I-495_(NY).svg.png){kind=small}
I-495 in Queens, NY.svg/25px-I-895_(NY).svg.png){kind=small}
I-895 in Bronx, NY
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