Editing Interstate 278 (section)

===New Jersey===
[[File:2021-05-26 11 55 18 View west along Interstate 278 (Union Freeway) from the overpass for Union County Route 616 (Brunswick Avenue) in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|View west along I-278 between the New Jersey Turnpike and US&nbsp;1/9 in Elizabeth. The wide median provided room for an intended expansion and extension of the road which never occurred.]]
The New Jersey segment of I-278 begins in [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]], [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]], at the junction with [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;1]] and [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;9]] ([[U.S. Route 1/9|US&nbsp;1/9]]), where it merges into the southbound direction of that road. The freeway heads east and carries two lanes in each direction, with the eastbound direction widening to three lanes.<ref name="njdot-sld">{{cite web |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000278__-.pdf |title = I-278 Straight Line Diagram |access-date = March 17, 2020 |publisher = [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] }}</ref> I-278 runs between urban residential areas to the north and [[Phillips 66]]'s [[Bayway Refinery]] to the south as it continues into [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]].<ref name="njdot-sld" /><ref name="gm">{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-278+and+u.s.+route+1+linden,+nj&daddr=40.6938909,-73.9990697+to:I-278+and+I-95+new+york,+ny&hl=en&geocode=FWYbbAId5FCT-ykZYGb22rLDiTHC9RHxCfHb8A%3BFYLwbAIdI92W-yk5O7WXRlrCiTE2NYmUsVGS3Q%3BFdf_bgIdXFWZ-ymbALgTNIvCiTHvCCK1KQ8Xvg&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=29.301969,86.220703&ie=UTF8&ll=40.707189,-74.018326&spn=0.218616,0.673599&t=h&z=11&via=1|title=overview of Interstate 278|access-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> In this area, the road meets [[New Jersey Route 439|Route&nbsp;439]] and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|I-95]]) at the only intermediate interchange that I-278 has in New Jersey.<ref name="njdot-sld" /> This short length is sometimes called the Union Freeway. After this interchange, I-278 turns southeast and crosses the New Jersey Turnpike, [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]]' (CSAO) [[Chemical Coast Secondary]] line, a [[Staten Island Railway]] freight line that is used by CSAO, industrial areas, CSAO's Bayway Industrial Track line, and finally [[Arthur Kill]] on the six-lane [[Goethals Bridge]] into [[Staten Island]], a [[Boroughs of New York City|borough]] of [[New York City]]. This bridge is maintained by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] (PANYNJ).<ref name="njdot-sld" /><ref name=gm />