Interstate 678 runs from JFK Airport along the Van Wyck Expressway, Whitestone Expressway (formerly Whitestone Parkway), Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, and a converted section of the Hutchinson River Parkway. It was planned to run along a cancelled freeway to I-278 before being routed onto the Van Wyck.
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| Speed Limit 45 | |||
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Terminals 5 and 7 | JFK Airport JFK Expressway |
| 0.0 | Left Terminal 8 Terminals 1-2 Parking |
JFK Airport JFK Expressway |
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| 0.2 | Terminal 4 | JFK Airport JFK Expressway |
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| 0.3 | Terminals 1-2 | JFK Airport JFK Expressway |
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| 0.6 | Exit A Return to terminals Port Authority Police Tow Pound |
Exit A Port Authority Police |
JFK Airport |
| 1.4 | Exit B Cell Phone Lot Port Authority Administration General Aviation |
JFK Airport | |
| 1.7 | Exit C Long Term Parking Rental Car Returns Cell Phone Lot All Cargo Areas |
Exit C Long Term Parking Rental Car Returns All Cargo Areas |
JFK Airport |
| 1.9 | Exit D Airport Hotels |
JFK Airport | |
| Speed Limit 50 | Speed Limit 45 | ||
| 2.1 | Exits 1-1E Belt Parkway East Eastern Long Island |
Left Exits 1-1E Belt Parkway East Eastern Long Island |
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| 2.4 | Exits 1W-2 Belt Parkway West Verrazzano Bridge Rockaway Boulevard |
Exit 1W Belt Parkway West Verrazzano Bridge |
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| 2.9 | Exit 2 Rockaway Boulevard |
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| 3.5 | Exit 3 Linden Boulevard |
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| 4.2 | Exit 4 Liberty Avenue Atlantic Avenue |
Exit 4 101st Avenue Liberty Avenue |
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| 4.6 | Exit 5 Atlantic Avenue |
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| 5.0 | Exit 6 Jamaica Avenue Hillside Avenue |
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| 5.4 | Exit 8 Main Street Union Turnpike |
Exit 6 Hillside Avenue Jamaica Avenue |
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| 5.7 | Exit 9 Queens Boulevard |
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| 6.1 | Left Exit 10 Grand Central Parkway LaGuardia Airport Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Toll Passenger cars only Clearance 10'-5'' |
Exits 7C-A Queens Boulevard Union Turnpike West Jackie Robinson Parkway West |
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| 6.7 | Exit 11 69th Road Jewel Avenue |
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| 7.7 | Exit 12A Long Island Expressway Eastern Long Island College Point Boulevard |
Exit 11 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 69th Road Jewel Avenue |
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| 8.1 | Exit 12B Long Island Expressway Midtown Tunnel Toll |
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| 8.5 | Exit 12A To Long Island Expressway Eastern Long Island College Point Boulevard |
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| 9.5 | Exit 13 Northern Boulevard Astoria Boulevard Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Toll |
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| 9.7 | Exits 13A-D Astoria Boulevard West Grand Central Parkway LaGuardia Airport Northern Boulevard Citi Field Exits 13B-C - passenger cars only |
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| 10.1 | Exit 14 Linden Place |
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| 10.6 | Exit 14 Linden Place |
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| 11.1 | Exit 15 20th Avenue |
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| 11.7 | Left Exit 16 Cross Island Parkway South Passenger cars only |
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| 11.9 | Exit 17 3rd Avenue Last exit before toll |
Exit 17 14th Avenue No trucks - except local delivery |
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| Speed Limit 40 | Speed Limit 50 | ||
| Bronx County Borough of The Bronx |
Queens County Borough of Queens |
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| Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Toll | |||
| 13.8 | Exit 18 Ferry Point Park Lafayette Avenue Last exit before toll |
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| 14.1 | Exit 18 Lafayette Avenue |
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| 14.4 | Exits 19N-S-W New Haven CT George Washington Bridge Manhattan |
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| 14.6 | Hutchinson River Parkway North Passenger cars only |
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| Speed Limit 40 | |||
| Bronx County Borough of The Bronx |
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Spur Route
I-678 has a short spur that functions as an extension of the Whitestone Expressway through the complex interchange between I-678 and the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport. The road is not officially considered a freeway and does not even have a reference route number. This road was constructed as part of plans to build the Astoria Expressway, which would have connected to I-278.
| Mile | Northbound | Southbound | Notes |
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| Queens County Borough of Queens |
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| Speed Limit 30 | |||
| 0.0 | To |
Left Exit 13A Astoria Boulevard West LaGuardia Airport All trucks - buses |
111th Street Ditmars Boulevard At-grade intersection |
| 0.0 | To Astoria Boulevard East To Grand Central Parkway East To Northern Boulevard |
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| Speed Limit 50 | Speed Limit 30 | ||
| 0.4 | Exits 13B-C Grand Central Parkway LaGuardia Airport Eastern Long Island Passenger cars only |
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| 1.0 | Exit 13D Northern Boulevard Citi Field |
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| 1.1 | Van Wyck Expressway Kennedy Airport |
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| 1.4 | Exit 14 Linden Place |
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| 1.6 | Whitestone Bridge Toll |
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| Speed Limit 50 | |||
| Queens County Borough of Queens |
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