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Interstate 278 is a Highway that is part of the Eisenhower Interstate System. It runs from US Highway 1-9 in Linden, NJ to the Cross Bronx Expresssway (I-95/I-295) in The Bronx. It's names include the Staten Island Expressway on Staten Island, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, (BQE) the Gowanus Expressway, the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, and the Bruckner Expressway.

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  • 2021-05-26 11 55 18 View west along Interstate 278 (Union Freeway) from the overpass for Union County Route 616 (Brunswick Avenue) in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey

    View west along I-278 between the New Jersey Turnpike and US 1/9 in Elizabeth. The wide median provided room for an intended expansion and extension of the road which never occurred.

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    Homes along the Staten Island Expressway

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    The Gowanus Expressway during the 2008 Five Boro Bike Tour

  • Interstate278enteringbrooklyn

    I-278 southbound approaching Downtown Brooklyn

  • BQE6047

    The expressway rising to its elevated section in Brooklyn

  • Triborough Bridge Approach on Interstate 278

    Approach to the Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) Bridge in Astoria, with Hoyt Avenue on either side

  • 278overheads

    Eastbound I-278 in the Bronx, at the exit for I-895 (now NY 895)

  • 2020-07-24 16 26 27 View north along U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9 at the exit for Interstate 278 EAST (TO New Jersey Turnpike-Interstate 95, Goethals Bridge, Staten Island) in Linden, Union County, New Jersey

    The start of I-278 in New Jersey

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    I-278 westbound entering New Jersey

  • Staten Island Expressway new Exit 15

    The new exit 15 on the SIE eastbound, opened on July 9, 2012

  • Gowanus 1954

    The original Gowanus Expressway in 1954, before widening. This part was built on the BMT Third Avenue Elevated

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    Climbing out of trench in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, and passing St. Stephens to head south for Gowanus Canal as seen during the Five Boro Bike Tour

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    The eastern end of I-278, at the Bruckner Interchange

See also

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