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Interstate 84 in Pennsylvania

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Section of Interstate Highway in Pennsylvania, United States

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

Interstate 84

Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway

Route information

Maintained byPennDOT

Length

54.87 mi^[1] (88.30 km)

NHS

Entire route

Major junctions

West end

I-81 /I-380 /US 6 inDunmore

Major intersections

East end

I-84 at theNew York state line

Location

Country

United States

State

Pennsylvania

Counties

Lackawanna,Wayne,Pike

Highway system

Interstate Highway System

Pennsylvania State Route System

←

PA 83

→

PA 84

Interstate 84 (I-84) inPennsylvania is the westernmost segment of the eastern I-84. Within Pennsylvania, it runs fromI-81 inDunmore east to theNew York border nearMatamoras.

Route description

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I-84 westbound at PA 247 in Jefferson Township

I-84 starts in Pennsylvania atI-81 inDunmore, a suburb east ofScranton, along with the northern end ofI-380. After two miles (3.2 km), I-84 splits from I-380, as the latter goes southeasterly throughthe Poconos and I-84 continues almost due east intoWayne andPike counties.^{[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 asLake Wallenpaupack andPromised Land State Park. Itsright-of-way is very wide, with a largemedian 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 whereU.S. Route 6 (US 6) andUS 209 start to parallel closely and form a commercial strip just south ofMatamoras, just west of theDelaware 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]

On October 15, 2011, the roadway was designated as theFallen Trooper Memorial Highway throughout its length.^[3]

History

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I-84 crossing from Wayne County into Pike County

I-84 was originally planned torun concurrently withUS 6, but, in June 1958, due to a realignment ofI-80, I-84 was redesignated as an Interstate. The plan was first revealed to the public in 1964. The first segment to be completed and open to traffic was the bridge spanning the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New York. The second section from exit 26 to exit 53 opened in 1972.^[4]

I-84 bridge over the Delaware River, with theTri-State Rock in the foreground

I-84 was to continue west of I-380 and connect to I-81 atMoosic, but the alignment was moved further north, running concurrently with I-380 fromElmhurst Township to Dunmore. I-380 both ran east from I-81, sharing mileposts and exit numbers, with their split being an unnumbered exit 3 (in accordance withPennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) policy at the time which did not allow interchanges between Interstates to be numbered). During the 2001 exit renumbering, I-380 became a north–south Interstate and its mileposts and exit numbers were reversed. Locally, the four-mile (6.4 km) overlapping section is commonly spoken as "380, 84". When the exits were renumbered, the exit tabs with button-copy letters for the old exit 4 were moved to the new exit 4 in the eastbound direction and remained in place until the signs were updated.

Exit list

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County	Location	mi [5]	km	Old exit ^[6]	New exit ^[6]	Destinations	Notes
Lackawanna	Dunmore	0.000	0.000			I-81 /US 6 toPA 347 –Wilkes-Barre,Binghamton,Carbondale I-380 begins	Western terminus; northern terminus of I-380; exit 187 on I-81
		1.266	2.037	1	1	Tigue Street
		2.457	3.954	2	2	PA 435 south –Elmhurst	Northern terminus of PA 435; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Roaring Brook Township	4.311	6.938	3	4	I-380 south –Mount Pocono	Eastern end of I-380 concurrency; exit 24 on I-380
	Jefferson Township	9.064	14.587	4	8	PA 247 north toPA 348 –Mount Cobb,Hamlin	Southern terminus of PA 247
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
	Westfall Township	53.700	86.422	11	53	US 6 /US 209 –Matamoras	Access to Pennsylvania Welcome Center
Delaware River		54.637	87.930	Interstate 84 Bridge
Delaware River		54.870	88.305			I-84 east –Port Jervis	Continuation intoNew York
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access