Gowanus Expressway
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The Gowanus Expressway is an expressway in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York. A part of Interstate 278, it connects the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, with junctions along the way with the Shore Parkway (part of the Belt Parkway) and the Prospect Expressway. The portion north/east of its junction with the Belt Parkway is a reconstruction of the former Gowanus Parkway, a cars-only highway, considered part of the Belt Parkway. Part of the Gowanus Parkway was built on the structure of the BMT Third Avenue Line, a closed elevated railway.
Recently, the New York State Department of Transportation has considered putting part or all of the elevated road underground.[1]
[edit] Exit list
| Destination | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Begins at the east end of the double-decker Verrazano Narrows Bridge | ||
| – | Belt Parkway (Shore Parkway) - eastern Long Island | eastbound exit to eastbound Belt Parkway only; right exit from upper level and left exit from lower level) |
| 17 | 92nd Street | exit number is only signed westbound |
| 18 | Fort Hamilton Parkway | eastbound only |
| 19 | 86th Street | westbound only |
| 20 | Seventh Avenue/65th Street | eastbound only |
| – | Sixth Avenue | westbound only |
| – | Belt Parkway (Shore Parkway) | westbound left exit only to the beginning of the Belt Parkway |
| – | 39th Street | westbound only original Belt Parkway exit 3 |
| – | 38th Street | eastbound only original Belt Parkway exit 3 |
| 24 | Route 27 east - Prospect Expressway | left exit westbound westbound exit closed 05:00 to 11:00 weekdays due to reversible HOV lane original Belt Parkway exit 2 |
| 25 | Battery Tunnel (I-478) - Manhattan | eastbound left exit only formerly exit 26A |
| 26 | Hamilton Avenue | eastbound only formerly exit 26B original Belt Parkway exit 1 |
| Becomes the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Gowanus Project. Retrieved on November 30, 2006.
[edit] External links
| New York City parkways | |
| Manhattan | FDR East River Drive - Harlem River Drive - Henry Hudson |
| The Bronx | Bronx River - Henry Hudson - Hutchinson River - Mosholu - Pelham |
| Brooklyn-Queens | Belt Parkway system: Cross Island - Laurelton - Shore - Southern Others: Grand Central - Jackie Robinson (Interborough) Former: Gowanus - Whitestone - Long Island Motor Parkway |
| Staten Island | Korean War Veterans (Richmond) Former: Willowbrook Proposed: Wolfe's Pond |
