Lehigh Street

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Lehigh Street is a major road that connects Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the east to Emmaus, Pennsylvania in the west, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. The road is one of six roads that enter and depart Allentown, Pennsylvania, the third largest city in the state.

Lehigh Street is one of several major Allentown-area exits off of Interstate 78, which runs from the Holland Tunnel and New York City in the east to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the west.

Lehigh Street also serves as a major commercial center for the Lehigh Valley. It is particularly well known for its "auto mile", which includes approximately a dozen new and used automobile dealerships. As the road enters Allentown from the west, it also runs by Queen City Airport, an Allentown airport used mostly by small, privately-owned aircraft. The South Mall, in Salisbury Township, is located on Lehigh Street.

The Emmaus side of Lehigh Street is the location of Shangy's, a beer distributor with the largest selection of domestic and global beers in the nation (over 3,000 in all). Rodale Press, a leading global publisher of health-related books and magazines, also is located off of Lehigh Street, on the Emmaus side of the road.

edit Transportation Infrastructure of the Lehigh Valley
East-West thru-highways	I-78 | US 22 | PA 248
South-North thru-highways	Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike | PA 33 | PA 309 | PA 611
Allentown Roads	PA 145 | PA 222 | PA 987 | Cedar Crest Boulevard | Lehigh Street | Tilghman Street
Bethlehem Roads	PA 378 | PA 412 | PA 512 | Bethlehem Pike
Other roads	US 222 | PA 29 | PA 100 | PA 143 | PA 191 | PA 329 | PA 873 | PA 946
Public transportation	Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority
Airports	Lehigh Valley International Airport
Waterways & Rail	Lehigh Canal | Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal | Norfolk Southern Railway