Everything about I-278 Ny totally explained
Interstate 278 (abbreviated
I-278) is an
Interstate Highway in the
U.S. states of
New Jersey and
New York. Despite its number, it doesn't 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.
Route description
|-
|
NJ || 2.00 || 3.22
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NY || 33.62 || 54.11
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Total || 35.62 || 57.32
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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.
Exit list
| Location |
Mile |
# |
Destinations |
Notes |
| Old |
|
| Linden, NJ |
0.00 |
|
|
|
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Elizabeth, NJ |
1.01 |
|
|
|
|
| 1.20 |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
| See Bruckner Expressway |
| 33.62 |
|
|
|
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 33.62 |
|
|
– New England |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
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