I-84 (PA-MA)

About I-84 (PA-MA)

From Dunmore, PA (I-81) to Sturbridge, MA (I-90)

This eastern Interstate 84 is a separate route of the same number running about 232 miles from Dunmore, Pennsylvania, near Scranton, east to Sturbridge, Massachusetts. It begins at Interstate 81 and heads east across the Pocono region of Pennsylvania, crosses the lower Hudson Valley in New York, and continues through Connecticut to a junction with the Massachusetts Turnpike at its eastern end.

In Connecticut the highway is the principal east-west freeway across the center of the state, passing through Danbury, Waterbury, and the capital city of Hartford, the largest community along its length. At Hartford it crosses the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge and meets Interstate 91. East of Hartford it climbs into the hills of eastern Connecticut before reaching the Massachusetts line.

The route serves as a major regional connector linking northeastern Pennsylvania and the Hudson Valley with central Connecticut and the Massachusetts Turnpike toward Boston. It carries heavy commuter and through traffic across a densely developed part of southern New England.

State-by-state mileage

State	Miles
Pennsylvania	54.5
New York	71.8
Connecticut	97.9
Massachusetts	8.2
Total	232.4

History

This eastern Interstate 84 was designated in 1957 and built in segments over the following years across four states. Parts of the Connecticut alignment incorporated the Wilbur Cross Highway and other existing expressway corridors.

The completed freeway connected the Scranton area with the Massachusetts Turnpike at Sturbridge, providing a continuous route across the Poconos, the Hudson Valley, and central Connecticut.

Major cities and places

Notable features

• Bulkeley Bridge over the Connecticut River

Did you know

• This is the eastern I-84, separate from the western I-84 in the Pacific Northwest.
• The western terminus is at I-81 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, near Scranton.
• It crosses the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge at Hartford.
• The eastern terminus is at the Massachusetts Turnpike, I-90, in Sturbridge.