Editing Interstate 678 (section)

==== 21st century ====
A $286-million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|286000000|2001}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) renovation of the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge started in August 2001.<ref>{{cite press release |url = http://www.mta.info/mta/news/newsroom/bt-031024-bw.htm |title = A New Look for a Classic Bridge |archive-date = March 5, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090305225104/http://www.mta.info/mta/news/newsroom/bt-031024-bw.htm |publisher = MTA |access-date = November 2, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = A Onetime Thing of Beauty Gets a Little Prettying Up |first = Alisa |last = Roth |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/nyregion/neighborhood-report-whitestone-onetime-thing-beauty-gets-little-prettying-up.html |work = The New York Times |date = October 12, 2003 |access-date = April 4, 2010 |archive-date = May 27, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150527232437/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/nyregion/neighborhood-report-whitestone-onetime-thing-beauty-gets-little-prettying-up.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The project replaced the bridge's span, among other things.<ref>{{cite web |last = Chan |first = Sewell |title = A Bridge Too Fat |website = The New York Times |date = February 18, 2005 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/nyregion/a-bridge-too-fat.html |access-date = March 12, 2018 |archive-date = June 11, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180611135502/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/nyregion/a-bridge-too-fat.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The Queens and Bronx approaches were replaced in a project that started in 2008<ref>{{cite web |title = Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Approach Upgrade |date = December 5, 2008 |website = Bronx Times |url = https://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2008/49/doc4936b0fa9096c821748491.html |access-date = February 24, 2018 |archive-date = March 12, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180312092623/https://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2008/49/doc4936b0fa9096c821748491.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and ended in 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |title = Bridges & Tunnels: Bronx-Whitestone Queens Approach Reconstruction Project Completed with Reopening of Third Avenue Exit |publisher = MTA |date = May 8, 2015 |url = http://www.mta.info/press-release/bridges-tunnels/bronx-whitestone-queens-approach-reconstruction-project-completed |access-date = February 24, 2018 |archive-date = March 12, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083647/http://www.mta.info/press-release/bridges-tunnels/bronx-whitestone-queens-approach-reconstruction-project-completed |url-status = live }}</ref>

In early 2017, Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] announced that as part of his plan to improve JFK Airport, two [[traffic bottleneck]]s along I-678 near the airport would be removed. At the Kew Gardens Interchange, the two-lane ramps between the Grand Central Parkway and the Van Wyck Expressway would be upgraded to three lanes in each direction. South of the interchange, the expressway will be expanded from three lanes to four lanes in each direction, with the new lanes being used as either [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]]s (HOV lanes) or [[Bus lanes in New York City|bus lane]]s. These projects, combined, would cost $1.5&nbsp;billion–2&nbsp;billion (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|1500000000|2017}}}}–{{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|2000000000|2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).<ref>*{{Cite press release |url = https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-presents-2nd-proposal-2017-state-state-transforming-jfk-international-airport |title = Governor Cuomo Presents 2nd Proposal of 2017 State of the State: Transforming JFK International Airport for the 21st Century |date = January 4, 2017 |publisher = Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo |access-date = January 6, 2017 |archive-date = January 6, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170106081903/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-presents-2nd-proposal-2017-state-state-transforming-jfk-international-airport |url-status = dead }}
*{{Cite web |url = https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/TransformingJFK.pdf |title = Transforming JFK |date = January 4, 2017 |publisher = Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo |access-date = January 6, 2017 |archive-date = January 7, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170107101633/https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/TransformingJFK.pdf |url-status = live }}
*{{cite web |url = https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/JFKVisionPlan.pdf |title = A Vision Plan for John F. Kennedy International Airport |date = January 4, 2017 |publisher = Airport Advisory Panel |access-date = January 5, 2017 |archive-date = January 5, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170105050708/https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/JFKVisionPlan.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/nyregion/kennedy-airport-renovation-cuomo.html |title = Remaking Kennedy Airport Is Governor's Next Big Plan |last = McGeehan |first = Patrick |date = 2017 |work = The New York Times |access-date = December 1, 2017 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 |archive-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201233040/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/nyregion/kennedy-airport-renovation-cuomo.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In October 2018, Cuomo released details of his $13-billion (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|13000000000|2018}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) plan to rebuild passenger facilities and approaches to JFK Airport. The plan included widened ramps in Kew Gardens and a fourth vehicle lane on the Van Wyck Expressway south of Kew Gardens.<ref name="NYTimes-Solution-JFK-2018">{{cite web | title=Cuomo's $13 Billion Solution to the Mess That Is J.F.K. Airport | website=The New York Times | last=McGeehan | first=Patrick | date=October 4, 2018 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/nyregion/jfk-airport-cuomo.html | access-date=October 5, 2018 | archive-date=October 4, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004230428/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/nyregion/jfk-airport-cuomo.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barone |first=Vincent |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Cuomo: JFK Airport renovation includes central hub, 2 new terminals |work=Newsday |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/jfk-airport-renovation-new-terminals-1.21473621 |access-date=October 5, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004225755/https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/jfk-airport-renovation-new-terminals-1.21473621 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, northbound exit&nbsp;5 at Atlantic Avenue and southbound exit&nbsp;4 at Liberty Avenue would be permanently closed, as these junctions are near each other.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Shain|first=Michael|date=April 18, 2019|url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/van-wyck-rebuild-kills-on-off-ramps/article_ce57b49d-a5e8-59c4-96f0-240479d805d7.html|title=Van Wyck rebuild kills on-off ramps|website=Queens Chronicle|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815140739/https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/van-wyck-rebuild-kills-on-off-ramps/article_ce57b49d-a5e8-59c4-96f0-240479d805d7.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Were the proposal approved, construction would begin in early 2020<ref name="NYGov-newjfk">{{cite web |title=Governor Cuomo Announces $13 Billion Plan to Transform JFK Into a World-Class 21st Century Airport |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-13-billion-plan-transform-jfk-world-class-21st-century-airport |website=[[Governor of New York|governor.ny.gov]] |publisher=[[Government of New York (state)|Government of New York]] |access-date=October 5, 2018 |language=en |date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004224706/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-13-billion-plan-transform-jfk-world-class-21st-century-airport |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NYDN-newjfk">{{cite web |last1=Rivoli |first1=Dan |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Kennedy Airport to get $13 billion renovation and two new terminals |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-jfk-renovation-cuomo-20181004-story.html |website=New York Daily News |access-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005054046/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-jfk-renovation-cuomo-20181004-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and would be completed three years later.<ref name=":4" /> In 2021, workers began reconstructing five overpasses of I-678 in southern Queens. Work on an additional five overpasses began in mid-2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Van Wyck Expressway to JFK Airport Capacity and Access Improvements Contract 1 - D900048 Project|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/queenscb10/downloads/pdf/notifications/dot_final_group_2_factsheet.pdf|publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]]|date=January 2022|access-date=October 31, 2022|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524054448/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/queenscb10/downloads/pdf/notifications/dot_final_group_2_factsheet.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Also in 2017, NYSDOT began renovating an overpass that carried Jewel Avenue above I-678.<ref name="Forest Hills Post 2017">{{cite web 
|last=Law |first=Tara |date=October 18, 2017 |title=Jewel Avenue Bridge undergoes $13 million makeover |url=https://foresthillspost.com/jewel-avenue-bridge-undergoes-13-million-makeover |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Forest Hills Post |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031223240/https://foresthillspost.com/jewel-avenue-bridge-undergoes-13-million-makeover |url-status=live }}</ref> The Jewel Avenue overpass was completed in 2019 and cost $13 million.<ref name="Parry 2019">{{cite web |last=Parry |first=Bill |date=July 19, 2019 |title=Governor announces completion of $13 million Jewel Avenue Bridge rehabilitation project – QNS.com |url=https://qns.com/2019/07/governor-announces-completion-of-13-million-jewel-avenue-bridge-rehabilitation-project/ |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=QNS.com |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031223236/https://qns.com/2019/07/governor-announces-completion-of-13-million-jewel-avenue-bridge-rehabilitation-project/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019">{{cite web |date=August 1, 2019 |title=$13M overhaul of Van Wyck Expressway bridge complete |url=https://rew-online.com/13m-overhaul-of-van-wyck-expressway-bridge-complete/ |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031223239/https://rew-online.com/13m-overhaul-of-van-wyck-expressway-bridge-complete/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the I-678 viaduct between I-495 and NY&nbsp;25A was replaced in the early 2020s.<ref name="Infrastructure Engineering, Inc.">{{cite web | title=Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) Bridge Rehabilitation | website=Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. | url=https://www.infrastructure-eng.com/portfolio/van-wyck-expressway-i-678-bridge-rehabilitation/ | access-date=October 31, 2022}}</ref> The project, which consisted of the replacement of the viaduct's concrete deck, cost $124 million and was completed in February 2024.<ref name="Mukherjee 2024 r191">{{cite web | last=Mukherjee | first=Upasana | title=Rehabilitation work concludes on Van Wyck Expressway viaduct | website=World Construction Network | date=February 7, 2024 | url=https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/news/rehabilitation-work-concludes-van-wyck/ | access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Valenti 2024 n408">{{cite web | last=Valenti | first=John | title=Stretch of Van Wyck rehab project completed near Citi Field | website=Newsday | date=February 7, 2024 | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/van-wyck-new-york-queens-hochul-citi-field-resi14pl | access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>

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