Interstate 84 in Pennsylvania

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This article is about the section of Interstate 84 in Pennsylvania. For the entire route, see Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts).

Interstate 84 marker

Interstate 84
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Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length: 54.870 mi[1] (88.305 km)
Major junctions
West end: I-81 / I-380 / US 6 in Dunmore
  PA 435 in Dunmore
I-380 in Roaring Brook Township
PA 247 in Jefferson Township
PA 191 in Sterling Township
PA 507 in Greene Township
PA 390 in Palmyra Township
PA 402 in Blooming Grove Township
PA 739 in Dingman Township
US 6 near Milford
US 6 / US 209 in Matamoras
East end: I-84 at the New York border in Matamoras
Location
Counties: Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike
Highway system
← PA 83 PA 84 File:PA-84 (1960).svg →

Interstate 84 (I-84) in Pennsylvania is part of the east segment of a non-contiguous freeway that runs from Dunmore to the New York border.

Route description

I-84 starts in Pennsylvania at I-81 in Dunmore, a suburb east of Scranton. After two miles (3.2 km), I-84 intersects I-380, as the latter goes southeasterly through the Poconos and I-84 continues almost due east into Wayne and Pike counties.[citation needed] The Pennsylvania section is the only segment of I-84 that uses mile-based exit numbers; sequential numbers were replaced starting in 2001.[citation needed]

This section of Pennsylvania is very lightly populated, and there are no major settlements on or near I-84, although it offers access to popular outdoor recreation areas such as Lake Wallenpaupack and Promised Land State Park. Its right-of-way is very wide, with a large median strip between the two carriageways as it passes through densely wooded country, except for the swampy areas in southern Wayne County. The only development along Pennsylvania's section of I-84 is where U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and US 209 start to parallel closely and form a commercial strip just south of Matamoras, just west of the Delaware River.[citation needed] I-84 reaches its highest elevation in Pennsylvania and in the east just west of exit 8 at 1,800 feet (550 m).[2]

History

I-84 was originally planned to run concurrently with US 6, but in June 1958, due to a realignment of I-80, I-84 was redesignated as an Interstate. The plan was first revealed to the public in 1964. The first segment to be completed, in 1961, spanned from the current western terminus to Tigue Street. The second segment to be completed, in 1967, spanned from what was then Spring Road just west of Lords Valley to what was then Sawkill Road. The third segment to be completed, in 1968, expanded the second segment to what was then Beaver Dam Road, east of PA 507.[3]

Exit list

County Location mi[1] km Old exit
[4]		 New exit
[4]		 Destinations Notes
Lackawanna Dunmore 0.000 0.000 I-81 north / US 6 west to PA 347 – Binghamton Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, west end of I-380 overlap
0.775 1.247 I-81 south – Wilkes-Barre Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.896 1.442 US 6 east – Carbondale Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-81 exit 187
1.266 2.037 1 1 Tigue Street
2.457 3.954 2 2 PA 435 south – Elmhurst Eastbound exit and westbound entrance, left exit from eastbound
Roaring Brook Township 4.311 6.938 4 I-380 south – Mount Pocono I-380 exit 24, east end of I-380 overlap
Jefferson Township 9.064 14.587 4 8 PA 247 to PA 348 – Mount Cobb, Hamlin
Wayne Sterling Township 17.530 28.212 5 17 PA 191 – Hamlin, Newfoundland
Pike Greene Township 20.903 33.640 6 20 PA 507 – Lake Wallenpaupack, Greentown
Palmyra Township 27.015 43.476 7 26 PA 390 – Tafton, Promised Land State Park
Blooming Grove Township 31.025 49.930 8 30 PA 402 – Porters Lake, Blooming Grove
Dingman Township 34.912 56.185 9 34 PA 739 – Lords Valley, Dingmans Ferry
Milford Township 46.861 75.415 10 46 US 6 – Milford
Matamoras 53.700 86.422 11 53 US 6 / US 209 – Matamoras, Milford Access to Pennsylvania Welcome Center
Delaware River 54.637 87.930 Interstate 84 Bridge
Orange Port Jervis 54.870 88.305 I-84 east – Port Jervis New York border
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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External links

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