Project Description
NYCDOT is proposing to rehabilitate or replace the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway/Interstate 278 (BQE/I-278) from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street in the Borough of Brooklyn (Kings County), New York. The Project limits extend from Sands Street on the east/north to south of Atlantic Avenue on the west/south including the entire Atlantic Avenue interchange. The Project limits are comprised of a 1.5-mile section of the BQE right-of-way, including the roadway, shoulders and offsets, support structures, and entrance and exit ramps. This segment of the BQE is owned by the City of New York (the City) and the Project would be funded by the City under the direction of NYCDOT. The proposed Project would involve reconstruction of the highway. All of the bridges and structures would be rehabilitated or replaced as needed to achieve a state of good repair. In addition, the Project would include roadway widenings and improve or correct nonstandard features to the extent practicable. The roadway would contain six travel lanes, three in each direction, with right shoulders. On-ramps and off-ramps, acceleration and deceleration lanes, weaving distances, stopping sight distances, horizontal curvatures, vertical clearances, and shoulders would be improved and brought to standard to the extent feasible. The Brooklyn Heights Promenade would be restored. All signage, lighting, roadway barriers, and drainage would be replaced. The roadway would be designed to achieve a 75-year service life. It is anticipated that the proposed Project would be operational in 2028.