Staten Island and Gowanus Expressways and Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Video drive across the eastbound Verrazano (upper level)
Brooklyn-Queens and Bruckner Expressways and Triboro Bridge

I-278 is a horrid excuse for an Interstate, patched onto a network of existing highways including the Staten Island, Gowanus, BQE (Brooklyn-Queens), and Bruckner Expressways... and the Grand Central PARKWAY. This means that trucks have to use Astoria Boulevard, because trucks are not allowed on parkways. Also, I-278 goes to one lane more than once, such as when exiting between the BQE and the GCP.


One of the four bridges of I-278, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Of all four, only the Kosciuszko is not tolled.




The Triboro Bridge in all her glory. Unique among freeway bridges in that the Manhattan "spur" of the bridge is also considered part of it - in fact, I'm not sure what other freeway bridges have midspan exits at all, certainly not many.

Follow I-278 into NJ
On Steve Anderson's nycroads.com: Staten Island, Gowanus, Brooklyn-Queens, and Bruckner Expressways, and Triboro and Verrazano Narrows Bridges
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