The JFK Expressway is a freeway connecting the Belt Parkway with John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City.
[2] The JFK Expressway begins on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City.
The JFK Expressway passes under airport taxiways in a tunnel as a six-lane road and comes to an interchange with South Cargo Road, which provides access to Cargo Areas, Medical Building, Vetport, Airport Services, as well as a return route to the terminals.
The road turns to the north again and interchanges with 150th Street, with access to Long Term Parking, Rental Car Returns, and General Aviation.
[2] The JFK Expressway was built as part of a costly overhaul of Kennedy Airport that began in the late 1980s.
[5][9][10] What is now the JFK Expressway was first proposed in the 1960s by the Port Authority, as a second short highway on the east side of the airport.
It, and the rest of I-78 between the Holland Tunnel and the existing Clearview spur were cancelled by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in March 1971.