Editing Interstate 678 (section)

===Whitestone Parkway<span class="anchor" id="Whitestone Expressway"></span>===
In 1936, New York governor [[Herbert H. Lehman]] signed a bill that authorized the construction of the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, which would connect Queens and the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/05/21/88661224.pdf |title = Lehman Signs Bill for Relief Bonds |date = May 21, 1936 |work = [[The New York Times]] |access-date = December 19, 2017 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 |archive-date = January 18, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221533/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/05/21/88661224.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status = live }}</ref> At its north end, the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge would connect to Eastern Boulevard (later known as [[Bruckner Boulevard]]) via the [[Hutchinson River Parkway]].<ref name=":2">{{cite map |title = New York |author1 = Esso |author-link = Esso |year = 1940 |author2 = General Drafting |author2-link = General Drafting |scale = 1:687,000 |location = New York |publisher = Esso |inset = New York City }}</ref> The bridge's south end would connect to a new Whitestone Parkway, which led southwest off the bridge to Northern Boulevard.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite map |title = New York with Pictorial Guide |author1 = Esso |year = 1942 |author2 = General Drafting |scale = 1:687,000 |location = New York |publisher = Esso |inset = New York City }}</ref> Just south of the bridge, there was to be a three-level interchange between the Whitestone Parkway and the [[Cross Island Parkway]].<ref name="p1331193083">{{cite news |date=January 14, 1939 |title=13 Enter Bids to Build 3 Belt Parkway Bridges: Lowest Opened by Department of Parks Is $330.651 Three-Level Bridge Designed for Cross Island Parkway |page=10 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1331193083}}}}</ref> Plans for the bridge were completed by February 1937, at which time the state started issuing bonds to fund bridge construction.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/02/15/94337177.pdf |title = Whitestone Bridge at Financing Stage: Authority Scans Two Plans for a Bond Issue to Build Bronx-Queens Span |date = February 15, 1937 |work = The New York Times |access-date = December 19, 2017 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 |archive-date = January 18, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221533/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/02/15/94337177.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status = live }}</ref> The [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] for the Whitestone Bridge and Parkway was legally designated in July 1937.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/07/22/94403998.pdf |title = City Gets Queens Land: 2 1/2-Mile Strip Being Taken for Link to Whitestone Bridge |date = July 22, 1937 |work = The New York Times |access-date = December 19, 2017 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 |archive-date = January 18, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221533/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/07/22/94403998.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:2024-06-18 15 35 49 View south along Interstate 678 (Whitestone Expressway) from the overpass for 14th Avenue in Queens, New York City, New York.jpg|thumb|right|I-678 (Whitestone Expressway) southbound at 14th Avenue]]
The Whitestone Bridge and Parkway both opened on April 29, 1939.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |url = https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F16FA3A58127A93C5AB178FD85F4D8385F9 |title = Whitestone Span to Open Saturday |date = April 27, 1939 |work = The New York Times |access-date = April 4, 2010 |page = 23 |archive-date = June 5, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605163751/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F16FA3A58127A93C5AB178FD85F4D8385F9 |url-status = live }}</ref> Construction on the bridge and parkway had been accelerated in preparation for the [[1939 New York World's Fair]],<ref name=":3" /> which opened one day after the Whitestone Bridge and Parkway. The new highway was intended as a major thoroughfare to the World's Fair, which was hosted in [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]], near the Whitestone Parkway's southern end.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/04/30/95774083.pdf |title = 1,000,000 to See Fair Opening |date = April 30, 1939 |work = The New York Times |access-date = December 19, 2017 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 |archive-date = January 18, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221533/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/04/30/95774083.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status = live }}</ref> In 1953, work began on an interchange between Willets Point Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, and Whitestone Parkway, at the parkway's southern end.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 8, 1953 |title=Corona to Get Interchange at Parking Field |pages=633 |work=New York Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112365754/corona-to-get-interchange-at-parking/ |access-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101153909/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112365754/corona-to-get-interchange-at-parking/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1953 |title=Low Bidder on Interchange |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/05/09/archives/low-bidder-on-interchange.html |access-date=November 1, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101153908/https://www.nytimes.com/1953/05/09/archives/low-bidder-on-interchange.html |url-status=live }}</ref>