Kennedy Airport Interchange

The Kennedy Airport Interchange is a large, complex highway interchange located along the northern boundary of John F. Kennedy International Airport in the New York City borough of Queens, in New York, United States.

[6][7] Originally, the interchange was a standard cloverleaf, with ramps connecting the Van Wyck Expressway to North / South Conduit Avenue (NY 27); connections between the Belt (Southern) Parkway and the Van Wyck were made via North / South Conduit Avenue, which flank the sides of the Belt Parkway.

[9][10] In the 1960s, the interchange was modified and expanded as part of the project to construct the Nassau Expressway (Interstate 878).

[3][11][12][13] As part of the project, the interchange's two southern "cloverleaf" ramps were demolished and replaced with more a more complex configuration.

[3][12][16] The northern terminus of this new highway would be at the east end of the interchange, which required further modifying and expanding it; this segment of the expressway opened c. 1986.