Editing Interstate 278 (section)

===Staten Island Expressway===
[[File:Interstate 278 time-lapse.webm|thumb|right|Time-lapse video of a westbound trip on I-278]]
Upon coming onto Staten Island, I-278 becomes the SIE.<ref name=gm /> After the Goethals Bridge, the highway passes under the [[Travis Branch]] railroad line that is owned by the Staten Island Railway and operated by CSAO and has a toll gantry serving the bridge. At this point, the freeway becomes eight lanes and maintained by the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] (NYSDOT), coming to an exit for Western and Forest avenues before reaching a directional interchange with the West Shore Expressway ([[New York State Route&nbsp;440]] (NY&nbsp;440). NY&nbsp;440 forms a [[Concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with I-278, and the road heads into residential neighborhoods. The road carries four lanes eastbound and three lanes westbound as it comes to the exit serving [[Richmond Avenue]]. Immediately after, NY&nbsp;440 splits from the SIE at a large interchange, heading north on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway.<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name=gm /> This interchange also provides access to [[Victory Boulevard (Staten Island)|Victory Boulevard]].<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /> East of this point, the expressway gains a [[bus lane]] in each direction. The six-lane I-278 turns to the east past this point, with Gannon Avenue South and Gannon Avenue North serving as [[frontage road]]s, and reaches the Bradley Avenue exit.<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name=gm />

The next interchange the SIE is with Todt Hill Road and Slosson Avenue.<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /> This exchange was the original terminal of the bus lane in each direction that also serves as a [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]] (HOV lane) that was built in 2005.<ref name="sia">{{cite news |access-date = February 9, 2010 |last = Yates |first = Maura |title = Staten Island Expressway bus lane open to HOV starting Monday |newspaper = [[Staten Island Advance]] |date = January 11, 2008 |url = http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/expressway_bus_lane_open_to_ho.html }}</ref> After Todt Hill Road and Slosson Avenue, I-278 runs through a wooded area where it comes to an incomplete interchange that was to be the northern terminus of the [[Korean War Veterans Parkway|Richmond Parkway]].<ref name=gm /><ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last = O'Grady |first = Jim |title = Neighborhood Report: Staten Island Up Close; Greenbelt Fans Want Routes Off the Maps |newspaper = The New York Times |date = November 22, 1998 |access-date = February 9, 2010 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/22/nyregion/neighborhood-report-staten-island-up-close-greenbelt-fans-want-routes-off-maps.html |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 }}</ref> The road continues back into residential areas and comes to an interchange serving Clove Road and Richmond Road.<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name=gm /> Past this, I-278 passes over the Staten Island Railway rapid transit line. The next interchange the freeway has is with [[Hylan Boulevard]].<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /> A short distance later, the SIE comes to a large interchange that serves [[Lily Pond Avenue]] and Bay Street. Immediately after, I-278 reaches the former toll plaza for the [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]],<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name=gm /> where [[electronic toll collection]] is in effect.<ref name="WABC 2016" /> I-278 goes onto the Verrazzano Bridge linking to [[Brooklyn]] over [[The Narrows]]. This bridge, which is maintained by the [[Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority]] (TBTA), has six lanes on the lower level and seven lanes on the upper level which includes one HOV lane.<ref name=gm /><ref name="mtabt">{{cite web |publisher = [[MTA Bridges & Tunnels]] |url = http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/veraz.html |title = MTA Bridges and Tunnels |access-date = February 10, 2010 }}</ref> In addition to local traffic on Staten Island, the expressway provides the most direct route from Brooklyn and [[Long Island]] to New Jersey. It is widely known throughout the New York City area as one of the most congested roads in the city.<ref name=trc>{{cite book |title = Staten Island Expressway Bridge Rehabilitation and TSM Measures |publisher = TRC Companies, Inc. }}</ref>
[[File:2024-05-29 10 05 46 View west along Interstate 278 (Staten Island Expressway) from the overpass for Clove Road in Staten Island, New York City, New York.jpg|right|thumb|I-278 (Staten Island Expressway) westbound at Clove Road]]