New York State Roads - I-278 Exit List

I-278 is composed of the Staten Island Expressway, Gowanes Expressway, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, and most of the Bruckner Expressway. While it is more of a north-south freeway, it is signed east-west, and is the only road to enter all five boroughs of NYC. I-278 was originally planned to follow the Sheridan Expressway (now I-895), but was realigned onto the Bruckner Expressway (orignally planned as I-878).

Mile	Eastbound	Westbound	Notes
0.0	New York Richmond County Borough of Staten Island	New Jersey Union County
	Speed Limit 45
	Goethals Bridge Toll
0.8		Inspection Station
0.9	Inspection Station
1.0		Exit 3 Western Avenue Last exit in New York
	Speed Limit 50	Speed Limit 45
1.3	Exit 4 Forrest Avenue
1.5	Exit 5 South West Shore Expressway	Exit 5 South Outerbridge Crossing
2.2	Exit 7 Richmond Avenue	Exit 6 South Avenue
2.6		Exit 7 Richmond Avenue
2.8	Exit 8 Victory Boulevard
2.8	Exit 9 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway Bayonne Bridge
3.3		Exit 10 Victory Boulevard
4.1	Exit 11 Bradley Avenue
4.9	Exit 12 Todt Hill Road Slosson Avenue
5.9	Exit 13 Clove Road Richmond Road Targee Street	Exit 13A Clove Road
6.4		Exit 13B Richmond Road Targee Street
	Speed Limit 45	Speed Limit 50
7.1	Exit 14 Hylan Boulevard
7.4		Exit 15W Narrows Road West Fingerboard Road	Accessible from lower level only
7.6	Exit 15 Fingerboard Road Lily Pond Avenue Last exit before bridge	Exit 15S Lily Pond Avenue South Father Capodanno Boulevard	Accessible from lower level only westbound
7.6		Exit 15N Bay Street Fort Wadsworth	Accessible from lower level only
	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Toll
	Kings County Borough of Brooklyn	Richmond County Borough of Staten Island
9.5	Exit 16 Belt Parkway East JFK Airport Passenger cars only Clearance 11'-0''
10.1	Exit 17 Alt to Belt Parkway 92nd Street No trucks over 33 feet	Exit 17 92nd Street Last exit before toll
	Speed Limit 50	Speed Limit 45
10.6	Exit 18 Fort Hamilton Parkway No trucks over 33 feet	Exit 19 96th Street
11.4	Exit 20 7th Avenue 65th Street
11.6		Exit 20 6th Avenue
12.1	Exit 21 3rd Avenue	Exit 22 Belt Parkway East Passenger cars only
13.3	Exit 23 38th Street	Exit 23 39th Street
14.4	Exit 24 East Prospect Expressway
15.3	Exit 25 Hugh L. Carey Tunnel Manhattan Tunnel clearance 11'-9'' Pay toll
15.3	Exit 26 Hamilton Avenue	Exit 26 Hamilton Avenue Hugh L. Carey Tunnel Manhattan
	Speed Limit 45	Speed Limit 50
16.2	Exit 27 Atlantic Avenue
17.0	Exit 28A Cadman Plaza West
17.1	Exit 28B Brooklyn Bridge 11'-0'' Clearance No commercial trucks	Exit 28 Cadman Plaza West Brooklyn Bridge
17.5	Exit 29A Manhattan Bridge No trucks 5am-3pm Monday-Friday
17.8	Exit 29B Tillary Street All trucks to Manhattan Bridge 5am-3pm Monday-Friday	Exit 29 Tillary Street Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Civic Center
18.8	Exit 30 Flushing Avenue
19.1		Exit 31 Wythe Avenue Kent Avenue
19.9	Exit 32 Metropolitan Avenue To Williamsburg Bridge Manhattan	Exit 32A Williamsburg Bridge
20.1		Exit 32B Metropolitan Avenue
20.7	Exit 33 McGuinness Boulevard Humboldt Street
21.1		Exit 34 Meeker Avenue Morgan Avenue
	Queens County Borough of Queens	Kings County Borough of Brooklyn
22.2	Exits 35A-B Long Island Expressway Midtown Tunnel Eastern Long Island 48th Street	Exit 35 Long Island Expressway Midtown Tunnel Eastern Long Island Greenpoint Avenue
23.6	Exit 39 Queens Boulevard 65th Place	Exit 39E East Queens Boulevard 58th Street
23.6		Exit 39W West Queens Boulevard
24.2	Exit 40 Broadway Roosevelt Avenue
24.6	Exit 41 Northern Boulevard
24.8	Exit 42 Grand Central Parkway East LaGuardia Airport
25.0	Exit 43 30th Avenue
	Speed Limit 40	Speed Limit 45
25.6	Exit 44 Astoria Boulevard West	Exit 44 Grand Central Parkway East LaGuardia Airport Passenger cars only	Exit number not posted westbound
26.3	Exit 45 31st Street Last exit before toll	Exit 45 31st Street Astoria Boulevard	Exit number not posted westbound
	Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Toll		Formerly the Triboro Bridge
	New York County Borough of Manhattan	Queens County Borough of Queens
27.7		Exit 46A Randalls Island
28.5	Exit 46 Manhattan Randalls Island	Exit 46 Manhattan FDR Drive
	Bronx County Borough of The Bronx	New York County Borough of Manhattan
		Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Toll	Formerly the Triboro Bridge
29.0	Exit 47 North Major Deegan Expressway Albany
29.0	Exit 48 East 138th Street
	Speed Limit 50	Speed Limit 40
30.0		Exit 48 Leggett Avenue Hunts Point Market
31.0	Exit 49 North Sheridan Boulevard Hunts Point Market	Exit 50 Hunts Point Avenue
31.2	Drawbridge
31.3		Exit 51 Bronx River Avenue
31.8	Exit 52 Bronx River Parkway North
32.5	Exit 53 White Plains Road Castle Hill Avenue	Exit 53 White Plains Road
33.7	Exit 54 South South Whitestone Bridge Throgs Neck Bridge		Hutchinson Parkway Zerega Avenue
33.9	North New Haven CT
	Speed Limit 50
	Bronx County Borough of The Bronx

Spur Route

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway splits into two pieces as it approaches its northern terminus at the Grand Central Parkway. The western section, connecting with the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (formerly the Triboro Bridge), is designated as part of I-278. The eastern section connects with the eastbound Grand Central Parkway and LaGuardia Airport.

Mile	Eastbound	Westbound	Notes
	Queens County Borough of Queens
	Speed Limit 45
0.0	To Grand Central Parkway East	West Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Staten Island
0.3		Exit 43 30th Avenue Northern Boulevard
0.9	Exit 5 Astoria Boulevard 82nd Street Terminal A All Trucks - Buses		LaGuardia Airport
0.9	Grand Central Parkway East Terminals B, C, and D Passenger Cars Only	To West	LaGuardia Airport
	Speed Limit 45
	Queens County Borough of Queens