Gowanus Expressway
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The original Gowanus Expressway in 1954, before widening. This part was built on the BMT Third Avenue Elevated.
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The eastbound Gowanus Expressway at exit 24
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The north end of original Gowanus Expressway in 1954, before widening. The exit to the right now serves the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway; the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is straight ahead.
The Gowanus Expressway is an expressway in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York. A part of Interstate 278, it connects the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, with junctions along the way with the Shore Parkway (part of the Belt Parkway) and the Prospect Expressway. The portion north/east of its junction with the Belt Parkway is a reconstruction of the former Gowanus Parkway, a cars-only highway, considered part of the Belt Parkway. Part of the Gowanus Parkway was built on the structure of the BMT Third Avenue Line, a closed elevated railway.
Recently, the New York State Department of Transportation has considered putting part or all of the elevated road underground.
Exit list
| Destination | Notes | |
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| Begins at the east end of the double-decker Verrazano Narrows Bridge | ||
| – | Belt Parkway (Shore Parkway) - eastern Long Island | eastbound exit to eastbound Belt Parkway only; right exit from upper level and left exit from lower level) |
| 17 | 92nd Street | exit number is only signed westbound |
| 18 | Fort Hamilton Parkway | eastbound only |
| 19 | 86th Street | westbound only |
| 20 | Seventh Avenue/65th Street | eastbound only |
| – | Sixth Avenue | westbound only |
| – | Belt Parkway (Shore Parkway) | westbound left exit only to the beginning of the Belt Parkway |
| – | 39th Street | westbound only original Belt Parkway exit 3 |
| – | 38th Street | eastbound only original Belt Parkway exit 3 |
| 24 | Route 27 east - Prospect Expressway | left exit westbound westbound exit closed 05:00 to 11:00 weekdays due to reversible HOV lane original Belt Parkway exit 2 |
| 25 | Battery Tunnel (I-478) - Manhattan | eastbound left exit only formerly exit 26A |
| 26 | Hamilton Avenue | eastbound only formerly exit 26B original Belt Parkway exit 1 |
| Becomes the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway | ||
External links
- NYCroads.com - Gowanus Expressway (I-278) (http://www.nycroads.com/roads/gowanus/)
- NYSDOT - Gowanus Project (http://www.dot.state.ny.us/reg/r11/gowanus/)