Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Interstate 678
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Short description|Highway in New York}} {{good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Use American English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox road |state=NY |type=I |route=678 |spur_type=I |spur_of=78 |maint=[[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]], [[Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority|MTAB&T]], and [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|PANYNJ]] |map={{maplink-road}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Map of the New York City area with I-678 highlighted in red |length_mi=14.33 |length_ref=<ref name="2008tvr">{{cite book |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf |title = 2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State |type = Report |date = June 16, 2009 |pages = 242–243 |author = New York State Department of Transportation |author-link = New York State Department of Transportation |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |access-date = July 13, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927024222/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf |archive-date = September 27, 2012 }}</ref> |established={{circa|1965}}<ref name="1964map" /><ref name="1965map" /> |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{jct|extra=airport}} [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy Airport]] |terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|I|95|I|278|Parkway|Hutchinson River}} in [[Throggs Neck]] |counties=[[Queens]], [[The Bronx|Bronx]] |previous_type=NY |next_type=I |previous_route=635 |next_route=684 |junction={{plainlist| *{{Jct|state=NY|NY|27|NY|878|Parkway|Belt}} in [[South Ozone Park, Queens|South Ozone Park]] *{{Jct|state=NY|Parkway|Grand Central|Parkway|Jackie Robinson}} in [[Kew Gardens Hills, Queens|Kew Gardens Hills]] *{{Jct|state=NY|I|495}} in [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park|Flushing Meadows Park]] *{{Jct|state=NY|NY|25A|road|[[Whitestone Expressway]]}} in [[Willets Point, Queens|Willets Point]] *{{Jct|state=NY|Parkway|Cross Island}} in [[Whitestone, Queens|Whitestone]] }} }} '''Interstate 678''' ('''I-678''') is a north–south [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] that extends for {{convert|14|mi|km}} through two [[Boroughs of New York City|boroughs]] of [[New York City]]. The route begins at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] on [[Jamaica Bay]] and travels north through [[Queens]] and across the [[East River]] to the [[Bruckner Interchange]] in [[the Bronx]], where I-678 ends and the [[Hutchinson River Parkway]] begins. I-678 connects to [[Interstate 495 (New York)|I-495]] (the [[Long Island Expressway]]) in [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]]. The highway is known as the '''Van Wyck Expressway''' ({{IPAc-en|v|æ|n|_|'|w|ɪ|k}} {{respell|van|_|WIK}} or {{IPAc-en|v|æ|n|_|ˈ|w|aɪ|k}} {{respell|van|_|WYKE}})<ref name=":0"/> from JFK Airport to [[Northern Boulevard]] ([[New York State Route 25A]] or NY 25A), the '''Whitestone Expressway''' from NY 25A north to the [[Bronx–Whitestone Bridge]], and the '''Hutchinson River Expressway''' from the bridge to the Bruckner Interchange. North of the interchange, I-678 ends and the roadway continues as the Hutchinson River Parkway. The portion of I-678 north of NY 25A follows the path of the '''Whitestone Parkway''' and a short section of the Hutchinson River Parkway's Bronx extension. The Whitestone and Hutchinson River parkways were first opened in 1939, while the Van Wyck Expressway opened in pieces between 1950 and 1953. Both highways were connected to each other and upgraded to meet [[Interstate Highway standards]] in the early 1960s. The Hutchinson River and Whitestone Expressways were collectively designated as I-678 {{circa|lk=no|1965}}. The designation was extended southward in 1970 to follow the Van Wyck Expressway to its end at JFK Airport.<ref name="1970log">{{cite book |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date=January 1, 1970 |publisher=State of New York Department of Transportation |location=Albany |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |access-date=July 14, 2010 |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326062441/http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)