Interstate 84 in Pennsylvania

Interstate 84
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
East end:	I-84 at the New York border
Location
Counties:	Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Byways Legislative ← PA 83 PA 84 →

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. The Pennsylvania section is the only segment of I-84 that uses mile-based exit numbers; sequential numbers were replaced starting in 2001.

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. 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
		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 – Newburgh	New York border
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

See also

• Pennsylvania portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

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