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The Lehigh Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels that carries the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) under Blue Mountain north from U.S. Route 22 in the Lehigh Valley to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area between mileposts 70.7 to 71.5.
Pennsylvania Route 407 (PA 407) is a 12.5-mile-long (20.1 km) state highway located in Lackawanna and Susquehanna counties in Pennsylvania.The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6)/US 11 in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania near Clarks Summit near the northern terminus of Interstate 476 (I-476), also known as the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension.
I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) 4,727 feet (1,441 m) [49] Laurel Hill Tunnel: Cook and Jefferson Townships Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) 4,541 feet (1,384 m) 1940 [50] Lehigh Tunnel: Lehigh and Carbon counties I-476 (Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) Blue Mountain: 4,400 feet (1,300 m) 1957, 1991 [51] Liberty Tunnel: Pittsburgh
Interstate 476 (I-476) is a 132.1-mile (212.6 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-76 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The highway runs from I-95 near Chester north to I-81 near Scranton, serving as the primary north–south Interstate corridor through eastern Pennsylvania.
The Northeast Extension was planned to run from the mainline Pennsylvania Turnpike in Plymouth Meeting north to a temporary terminus at Scranton. [234] In April 1954, $233 million (equivalent to $2.1 billion in 2023 [ 110 ] ) in bonds were issued to build the Northeastern Extension along with the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge on the ...
It is one of seven tunnels completed for the Pennsylvania Turnpike mainline, and at 4,339 ft (1,323 m) in length, is the shortest of the four still in use today. The Blue Mountain Tunnel is 600 ft (180 m) to the east of the Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel , separated by the Gunter Valley. [ 1 ]
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476) in Franconia Township As of 2018 there were 79.47 miles (127.89 km) of public roads in Franconia Township, of which 2.50 miles (4.02 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) , 19.59 miles (31.53 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation ...
I-476/Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension northbound in Whitpain Township As of 2021 there were 90.03 miles (144.89 km) of public roads in Whitpain Township, of which 3.00 miles (4.83 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) , 19.02 miles (30.61 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation ...