Interstate 84 (east)

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Interstate 84 Primary Interstate Length: 243 mi (391 km) Major cities/towns: Scranton, PA Hartford, CT Established: Direction: East-West Western Terminus: Dunmore, PA at Interstate 81 Eastern Terminus: Sturbridge, MA at Interstate 90 States traversed: Pennsylvania New York Connecticut Massachusetts INTERSTATE JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-81 PA 0 I-380 PA 4 I-86 NY 4 (MP 19) I-87 NY 7 (MP 36) I-684 NY 20 (MP 68) I-691 CT 27 (MP 41) I-91 CT 51-52 (MP 62) I-384 CT 59 (MP 66) I-291 CT 61 (MP 68) I-90 MA MP 7 Legend   deleted (no longer in system)   unconstructed   closed   crossing with no access   begin/end concurrency, bold route is carried through   a bold route on white background indicates termini. BROWSE STATE HWYS Prev Next {{{browse}}}

Interstate 84 runs from Dunmore, Pennsylvania (near Scranton, Pennsylvania) at an intersection with Interstate 81 to Sturbridge, Massachusetts at an intersection with the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90).

Contents 1 Length 2 Major cities along the route 3 Intersections with other Interstates 4 Spur routes 5 Notes 6 The Road to Providence 6.1 Original Route 6.2 Environmental Concerns 6.3 Alternate Route 6.4 Long Range Plans 7 External links 8 See also 9 References

Length

Miles	km	state
55	89	Pennsylvania
70	113	New York
107	171	Connecticut
11	18	Massachusetts
243	391	Total

Major cities along the route

• Scranton, Pennsylvania
• Hartford, Connecticut

Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 81 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania (near Scranton, Pennsylvania)
• Future Interstate 86 in Middletown, New York
• Interstate 87 in Newburgh, New York
• Interstate 91 in Hartford, Connecticut
• Interstate 90 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Spur routes

	edit Three-digit Interstates from Interstate 84
I-384	Connecticut
I-684	New York

Notes

• I-84 between Hartford, Connecticut (Interstate 384) and Sturbridge, Massachusetts (Interstate 90) was originally Interstate 86 (although having nothing to do with present-day Interstate 86 in New York and Pennsylvania). Many people remember seeing signs claiming "I-86 becomes I-84" and vice versa at a point east of Hartford where they were to split. After the renumbering, the signs said "I-86 is now I-84". For more information, see "The Road to Providence".

• I-484 was slated to be built around Hartford, but that highway was never completed.

• The eastern Interstate 84 enters New York from Pennsylvania at an unusual location. This happens to be the location where the boundaries of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey meet. I-84 lies a mere 30 feet away from New Jersey upon crossing the state line (which is the Delaware River). In fact, at the first interchange in New York, there is signage leading to Route 23. Local lore notes that 84 was originally to cross the tip of New Jersey, near High Point, but the state did not want to have to maintain such a small piece of highway far north of the rest of its major highways.

• Interstate 84 in New York is a toll-free component of the New York State Thruway system. It crosses the Hudson River on the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, which does carry a toll and is operated by the New York State Bridge Authority. Maintenance of the rest of Interstate 84 is provided by the New York State Thruway Authority.

• I-84 does not yet have a direct interchange with the Thruway (I-87). Currently you must use NY-300. [1]

The Road to Providence

Interstate 84 was originally to head east from Hartford, Connecticut to Providence, Rhode Island.

Original Route

The original route of Interstate 84 would have used present-day Interstate 384 to Bolton, Connecticut, then along a never-built section of freeway that would have connected to the US 6 bypass around Willimantic, Connecticut. Another never-built freeway section would have connected it to Interstate 395 and extended Interstate 84 onto CT Route 695, the easternmost portion of the Connecticut Turnpike in Plainfield, Connecticut. From there, it would have roughly followed US 6 through western Rhode Island to connect to the present-day US 6 freeway in Johnston. From there, a freeway from Olneyville Square to the Interstate 95/Interstate 195 interchange was briefly considered, but abandoned in favor of what later became the Route 6-10 Connector.

Environmental Concerns

Though the route was basically set in stone in Connecticut, a lot of issues remained in Rhode Island. The biggest of which were major environmenal concerns about how the freeway would affect the Scituate Reservoir, which is the main drinking water supply for Providence.

Alternate Route

In an attempt to ease environmental concerns, an alternate route was briefly studied in Rhode Island that would have connected Interstate 84 to the present-day RI 37 freeway. This would have allowed construction of Interstate 84 south of the Scituate Reservoir. Major community opposition caused this plan, as well as Interstate 84 as a whole, to be scrapped.

Long Range Plans

In the 1992 long-range transportation plan released by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, a freeway has been added along the original route of Interstate 84 that will connect to the CT 695 freeway on the Rhode Island/Connecticut border. [2]

edit Rhode Island State Highways
1A	2	3	4	5	7	10	12
14	15	24	33	37	51	77	78
81	91	94	96	98	99	100	101
102	103	103A	104	107	108	110	112
113	114	114A	115	116	117	117A	118
120	121	122	123	126	128	136	138
138A	146	146A	152	165	177	179	214
216	238	246	401	402	403
Interstates
84	95	195	295	895
U.S. Highways
1	1A	6	6A	44
Decommissioned State Highways
1B	1C	11	84	95	142	195

External links

• New York State Thruway Authority

See also

• Interstate 84 (west)
• New York State Thruway#Interstate 84

edit Primary Interstate Highways
4	5	8	10	12	15	16	17
19	20	22	24	25	26	27	29
30	35	37	39	40	43	44	45
49	55	57	59	64	65	66	68
69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76 (W)
76 (E)	77	78	79	80	81	82	83
84 (W)	84 (E)	85	86 (W)	86 (E)	87	88 (W)	88 (E)
89	90	91	93	94	95	96	97
99	238	H-1	H-2	H-3
Unsigned Interstate Highways
A-1	A-2	A-3	A-4	PRI-1	PRI-2	PRI-3
Lists Two-digit Interstates - Three-digit Interstates Gaps in Interstates - Intrastate Interstates Interstate standards - Proposed Interstates

References

• 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005"