Route Description
NY 440 begins mid-span at the New YorkâNew Jersey state line on the Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge Crossing (the Outerbridge Crossing) in the Richmond Valley section of Staten Island. The four-lane bridge crosses east through Richmond Valley and over Arthur Kill Road. Proceeding westbound, there is a ramp from NY 440 to Arthur Kill Road, designated as exit 1. After landing in Staten Island, NY 440 enters a toll barrier for westbound traffic entering the city. Nearby is a ramp to Page Avenue, the eastbound exit 1. After Page Avenue, NY 440 enters a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Korean War Veterans Parkway (formerly the Richmond Parkway) and a nearby park and ride. At exit 2 in Pleasant Plains, NY 440 exits the right-of-way it entered on, which becomes the Korean War Veterans Parkway, while NY 440 proceeds north on the West Shore Expressway.
The West Shore Expressway continues north as a six-lane expressway, entering exit 3, a ramp to Woodrow Road going northbound. Crossing into Rossville, the expressway enters exit 3 southbound, connecting to Bloomingdale Road, and parallels a section of the Arthur Kill. Crossing north of South Shore Golf Course, the West Shore enters exit 4, an interchange with Huguenot Avenue. Entering the community of Fresh Kills, NY 440 crosses through the site of the former Fresh Kills Landfill near exit 5, which connects to Arden Avenue going southbound. Bending northward once again, the expressway crosses over Fresh Kills Main Creek and enters the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge. Now in the Travis neighborhood. Here, the West Shore enters exit 7, a service road interchange with Victory Boulevard.
Running along the northern end of Travis, the West Shore Expressway parallels nearby railroad tracks before entering exit 8, a ramp to South Avenue and Bloomfield. Just a bit further north, the expressway enters exit 9 northbound, a single ramp to Glen Street. Just north of Glen Street, the West Shore Expressway enters a semi-directional T interchange with the Staten Island Expressway (I-278). At this interchange, NY 440 and I-278 become concurrent for a short distance on the Staten Island Expressway, a four-lane expressway along the northern tier of Staten Island. Along this stretch, NY 440 and I-278 meet Richmond Avenue at exit 7. Just to the east, the expressway enters exit 9, which serves as a junction with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (formerly the Willowbrook Expressway).
NY 440 turns off I-278 onto the Dr. Martin Luther King Expressway just north of a junction with Victory Boulevard. The expressway crosses north through Staten Island, entering exit 12, a junction with Forest Avenue. Crossing through Graniteville, NY 440 enters exit 13, which connects to Walker Street in Port Richmond. Just north of exit 13, NY 440 crosses onto the abutments of the Bayonne Bridge, condensing to four lanes. A short distance to the north, the expressway crosses the state line back into New Jersey, continuing north as NJ 440 and County Route 501 into the city of Bayonne.
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