State Highways of New Jersey

Interstate 278 was originally planned as a beltway that would connect to I-78 somewhere around Union, cross Staten Island, and meet I-78 again at the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn. However, the highway was never built west of Route 1 in Linden. Indeed, it does not connect to I-78 at all, as the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have connected the Holland Tunnel to the Manhattan Bridge bypassing Canal Street, was canceled in the 1970s.

As it stands, I-278 begins in Linden, crosses the Goethals Bridge (an old span scheduled for replacement by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey), and follows the Staten Island Expressway to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Entering Brooklyn, it becomes the Gowanus Expressway and then the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, crossing the Kosciusko Bridge into Queens and passing the Long Island Expressway before briefly joining the Grand Central Parkway as it approaches the Triborough (now Robert F. Kennedy) Bridge. Finally, I-278 utilizes the Bruckner Expressway through the Bronx, ending at the infamous Bruckner interchange (which overlays an earlier traffic circle) with the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95 to the George Washington Bridge, I-295 to the Throgs Neck Bridge) and Hutchinson River Parkway (I-678 to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge). The Bruckner Expressway continues northward, designated I-95, to Pelham Bay Park, at which point I-95 becomes the New England Thruway (operated by the New York State Thruway Authority).

Mile Street Name Feature

Road continues eastward as I-278 Goethals Bridge

2.00 New York City, Richmond Co
Elizabeth City, Union Co

2.00 Goethals Bridge Arthur Kill bridge Arthur Kill

1.80 Goethals Bridge Front St bridge Front St

1.71 Goethals Bridge South 1 St bridge South 1 St

1.56 Goethals Bridge Railroad bridge Railroad

1.56 Goethals Bridge Bayway Ave connector bridge Bayway Ave connector

1.41 Goethals Bridge New Jersey Turnpike bridge New Jersey Turnpike

1.28 I-278 underpass Ramp to I-95

1.24 I-278 Ramp to underpass

1.20 I-278 CR 616 Brunswick Ave underpass Brunswick Ave CR 616

0.90 I-278 Port Authority of NY & NJ jurisdiction
NJDOT jurisdiction

0.90 I-278 Elizabeth City, Union Co
Linden City, Union Co

0.57 I-278 CR 616 Park Ave overpass Park Ave CR 616

0.21 I-278 Edgar Rd overpass

0.00 I-278 Edgar Rd merge Edgar Rd

0.00 Western terminus of , Linden City, Union Co

Road continues southward as US 1 US 9 Edgar Rd

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Mile	Street Name	Feature
	Road continues eastward as Goethals Bridge
2.00	New York City, Richmond Co Elizabeth City, Union Co
2.00	Goethals Bridge	Arthur Kill	bridge	Arthur Kill
1.80	Goethals Bridge	Front St	bridge	Front St
1.71	Goethals Bridge	South 1 St	bridge	South 1 St
1.56	Goethals Bridge	Railroad	bridge	Railroad
1.56	Goethals Bridge	Bayway Ave connector	bridge	Bayway Ave connector
1.41	Goethals Bridge	New Jersey Turnpike	bridge	New Jersey Turnpike
1.28			underpass	Ramp to
1.24		Ramp to	underpass
1.20		Brunswick Ave	underpass	Brunswick Ave
0.90		Port Authority of NY & NJ jurisdiction NJDOT jurisdiction
0.90		Elizabeth City, Union Co Linden City, Union Co
0.57		Park Ave	overpass	Park Ave
0.21		Edgar Rd	overpass
0.00		Edgar Rd	merge	Edgar Rd
0.00	Western terminus of , Linden City, Union Co
	Road continues southward as Edgar Rd