Gowanus Expressway

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The Gowanus Expressway is a major elevated highway in Brooklyn, New York City, that carries a segment of Interstate 278 and serves as a key connector between the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elevated highway ⓘ
expressway ⓘ
segment of Interstate 278 ⓘ
connectsTo Belt Parkway ⓘ
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Prospect Expressway ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Gowanus Canal vicinity ⓘ
elevatedOver Third Avenue, Brooklyn ⓘ
formsCorridorBetween Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
hasDirection eastbound ⓘ
westbound ⓘ
hasExitTo 39th Street (Brooklyn) ⓘ
65th Street (Brooklyn) ⓘ
92nd Street (Brooklyn) ⓘ
linked to: 92nd Street
hasLanes 6 lanes (typical configuration) ⓘ
hasRouteNumber I-278 ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit typically 50 mph (posted, subject to change) ⓘ
hasStructureType steel viaduct ⓘ
isMajorTruckRoute yes ⓘ
isTollRoad no (toll applies only on Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge) ⓘ
isUrbanHighway yes ⓘ
knownFor heavy traffic congestion ⓘ
structural deterioration concerns ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
maintainedBy New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ
namedAfter Gowanus Canal ⓘ
Gowanus neighborhood ⓘ
linked to: Gowanus
opened 1941 ⓘ
parallelTo Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn) ⓘ
Third Avenue (Brooklyn) ⓘ
partOf Interstate 278 ⓘ
New York City freeway system ⓘ
primary route between Staten Island and Brooklyn ⓘ
regional connector between Staten Island and Queens ⓘ
passesNear Industry City ⓘ
Red Hook, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Red Hook
passesThrough Bay Ridge, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Bay Ridge

Gowanus, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Gowanus

Sunset Park, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Sunset Park
subjectOf proposals for replacement or tunneling ⓘ
terminusEast merge with Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near the Gowanus Canal ⓘ
terminusWest approach to Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ

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Bay Ridge → crossedByHighway → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Belt Parkway → connectsTo → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Southwestern Brooklyn → hasMajorRoad → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway → connectsTo → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Shore Parkway → hasJunctionWith → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Prospect Expressway → connectsTo → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Prospect Expressway → hasTerminus → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Brooklyn portal → near → Gowanus Expressway corridor ⓘ
linked to: Gowanus Expressway
Interstate 278 → segmentName → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Brooklyn and Staten Island → connectedBy → Staten Island Expressway–Gowanus Expressway corridor ⓘ
linked to: Gowanus Expressway
I-278 → hasSegment → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Industry City waterfront area → transportationAccess → nearby highway access via Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Gowanus Expressway
Gowanus Canal → nearbyInfrastructure → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
BQE → connectsTo → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ