Brooklyn–Queens Expressway

Interstate 278
Map of New York City with I-278 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I‑78
Maintained by NJDOT, PANYNJ, NYSDOT, NYCDOT, and MTAB&T
Length:	35.62 mi (57.32 km)
Existed:	1961 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 1-9 in Linden, NJ
	I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in Elizabeth, NJ NY 440 in Staten Island, NY Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, NY I-478 in Brooklyn, NY I-495 in Queens, NY Grand Central Parkway in Queens, NY I-87 in Bronx, NY I-895 in Bronx, NY Bronx River Parkway in Bronx, NY
East end:	I-95 / I-295 / I-678 / Hutchinson River Parkway in Bronx, NY
Location
States:	New Jersey, New York
Counties:	NJ: Union NY: Richmond, Kings, Queens, New York, Bronx
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business ← Route 208 NJ I-280 → ← NY 277 NY NY 278 →

Interstate 278 (I-278) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in New Jersey and New York in the United States. The road runs 35.62 miles (57.32 km) from U.S. Route 1/9 (US 1/9) in Linden, New Jersey to the Bruckner Interchange in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The majority of I-278 is in New York City, where it serves as a partial beltway and passes through all five of the city's boroughs. It does not go through Manhattan proper, but Ward's Island, which is technically a part of the borough of Manhattan. I-278 follows several freeways, including the Union Freeway in Union County, New Jersey, the Staten Island Expressway (SIE) across Staten Island, the Gowanus Expressway in southern Brooklyn, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) across northern Brooklyn and Queens, a small part of the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, and a part of the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx. I-278 also crosses multiple bridges, including the Goethals Bridge, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the Kosciuszko Bridge and the Triborough Bridge.