(abbreviated '''I-84''') is an
Interstate Highway 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 ).
Bolded cities are officially-designated
Control Cities for signs.
- 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, eastbound only for the price of $1 for passenger vehicles, 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 . {Link without Title}
Interstate 84 was originally to head east from
Hartford, Connecticut to
Providence, Rhode Island .
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
State Road 695 in Connecticut, 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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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