Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania-Massachusetts)
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| Length: | 232.39 mi (374.00 km) |
| Existed: | 1971 – present |
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| West end: |
   I-81 / I-380 / US 6 in Dunmore, PA
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 I‑90 / Mass Pike in Sturbridge, MA
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| States: | Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts |
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| Location: | East Hartford, CT - Sturbridge, MA |
| Length: | 38.97 mi (62.72 km) |
| Existed: | 1968–1984 |
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Interstate 84 (I-84) is an Interstate Highway in the United States with two non- sections. This eastern section extends from Dunmore, Pennsylvania, (near Scranton) at an interchange with I-81 east to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, at an interchange with the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). I-84 has distance-based exit numbering in Pennsylvania. Otherwise, exit numbers are roughly sequential. Another highway named I-84 is located in the northwestern United States.
Interstate 84 starts in Pennsylvania at Interstate 81 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb east of Scranton. After two miles (3 km), I-84 interchanges with Interstate 380, with I-380 going southeast through the Poconos and I-84 continuing almost due east into Wayne and Pike counties. The Pennsylvania section is the only segment of I-84 that uses mile-based exit numbers; it began replacing sequential numbers 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 roadways 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 US 6 and 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 1800 feet.
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