Interstate 278

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Interstate 278
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 35.6 mi (57.3 km)
Formed: 1961
West end: US 1/9 in Linden, NJ
Major
junctions:		 I-95/NJTP in Elizabeth, NJ
NY 440 in Staten Island
I-478 in Brooklyn, NY
I-495 in Queens, NY
I-87 in Bronx, NY
I-895 in Bronx, NY
East end: Bruckner Interchange in Bronx, NY

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 mainly owned by the state, but the New York City Department of Transportation owns two older sections, near downtown Brooklyn and north of Queens Boulevard. [1]

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[edit] Length

[edit] Description (from west to east)

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 and the Verrazano Bridge, which has 50 m.p.h. speed limits.

[edit] Legal Definition

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 ยง 340-a.

[edit] Exit list

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Number Mile Municipality Destinations Notes
Old

[edit] New Jersey
0.00 Linden U.S. Route 1 south/U.S. Route 9 south westbound exit and eastbound entrance
(1) 1.01 Elizabeth Route 439 to U.S. Route 1 north/U.S. Route 9 north - Bayway Avenue
(2) 1.20 Elizabeth New Jersey Turnpike/Interstate 95

[edit] New York
Staten Island Goethals Bridge toll plaza (eastbound only)
3 Western Avenue westbound exit and eastbound entrance
4 Forest Avenue eastbound exit and westbound entrance
5 1.83 Route 440 south - West Shore Expressway/Outerbridge Crossing Route 440 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
6 South Avenue westbound exit and eastbound entrance
7 2.04 Richmond Avenue
8 2.74 Victory Boulevard eastbound exit and westbound entrance
9 2.93 Route 440 north/Dr. M. L. King Jr. Expressway - Bayonne Bridge Route 440 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
10 Victory Boulevard westbound exit and eastbound entrance
11 Bradley Avenue
12 4.78 Todt Hill Road/Slosson Avenue
13 5.73 Clove Road/Richmond Road/Hylan Boulevard
14 Narrows Road west/Hylan Boulevard westbound exit and eastbound entrance
15 7.58 Lily Pond Avenue - South Beach/Bay Street split into 15S and 15N westbound
Verrazano Narrows Bridge toll plaza (westbound only)
Brooklyn Belt Parkway east - Kennedy Airport eastbound exit and westbound entrance
17 92nd Street - Bay Ridge
18 10.47 Fort Hamilton Parkway eastbound exit and westbound entrance
19 86th Street westbound exit and eastbound entrance
20 11.18 7th Avenue/65th Street/6th Avenue
21 11.93 3rd Avenue eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Belt Parkway westbound exit and eastbound entrance
23 38th Street/39th Street eastbound exit and westbound exit
24 14.29 New York State Route 27 east - Prospect Expressway
25 26A Battery Tunnel - Manhattan (Interstate 478) no westbound exit
26 26B 15.14 Hamilton Avenue - Battery Tunnel/Manhattan
27 16.12 Atlantic Avenue
28 Cadman Plaza West - Brooklyn Bridge westbound entrance
28A Cadman Plaza West - Brooklyn Bridge eastbound entrance
28B 17.20 Brooklyn Bridge eastbound exit only
29 Tillary Street - Manhattan Bridge/Brooklyn Civic Center westbound entrance
29A 17.47 Manhattan Bridge eastbound exit only
29B Tillary Street - Manhattan Bridge/Brooklyn Civic Center eastbound entrance
30 18.68 Flushing Avenue eastbound exit and westbound entrance
31 Wythe Avenue/Kent Avenue westbound exit and eastbound entrance
32B Metropolitan Avenue to Williamsburg Bridge - Manhattan eastbound exit
32A 19.85 Williamsburg Bridge - Manhattan westbound exit and eastbound entrance
32B Metropolitan Avenue westbound exit
33 20.60 Mc Guinness Boulevard/Humboldt Street eastbound exit only
34 Meeker Avenue/Morgan Avenue westbound exit and eastbound entrance
35 22.02 Queens Interstate 495/Long Island Expressway - Midtown Tunnel/Eastern Long Island/48th Street/Greenpoint Avenue
36 Route 25/Queens Boulevard - 65th Place eastbound entrance
36A Route 25 east/Queens Boulevard - 58th Street westbound exit and eastbound entrance
39B 36B Route 25/Queens Boulevard - 65th Place westbound entrance and eastbound exit
40 37 23.87 Roosevelt Avenue/Broadway
41 38 24.48 Route 25A/Northern Boulevard
42 39 24.66 Grand Central Parkway east - La Guardia Airport/Astoria Boulevard east eastbound exit and westbound entrance
43 40 30th Avenue eastbound exit and westbound entrance
44 41 25.57 Astoria Boulevard west eastbound exit and westbound entrance
44 4 Grand Central Parkway east - La Guardia Airport westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Grand Central Parkway joins eastbound and leaves westbound.
Large trucks are allowed from here to the Triborough Bridge.
45 3 26.37 31st Street On the Grand Central Parkway, former Exit 3 (Hoyt Avenue) has been replaced with Exit 45 (31st Street.)
28.18 Manhattan Manhattan/FDR Drive/Randalls Island/Wards Island Triborough Bridge toll plaza between the exit and entrance ramps (both directions)
47 44 28.89 Bronx Interstate 87 north/Major Deegan Expressway - Albany
48 45 East 138th Street
49 46 30.78 Interstate 895 north/Sheridan Expressway - East 177th Street eastbound exit and westbound entrance.
Use this to reach Interstate 95 south.
Bronx River Avenue - Hunts Point Market/Hunts Point Avenue westbound exit and eastbound entrance
51 31.58 Bronx River Parkway north no westbound exit
32.25 White Plains Road/Castle Hill Avenue
33.62 Interstate 295 south/Interstate 678 south/Hutchinson River Parkway - Throgs Neck Bridge/Whitestone Bridge/Zerega Avenue Bruckner Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
33.62 Interstate 95 north/Bruckner Expressway - New Haven

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 Auxiliary routes of Interstate 78
Current and Future (F) Former
I-278 New Jersey/New York
I-478 New York
I-678 New York
I-878 New York
Browse numbered routes
< NJ 208 NJ I-280 >
< NY 277 NY NY 278 >
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