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Interstate 81 north - Hazleton to Scranton
Just north of Hazleton in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, northbound Interstate 81 encounters exit 151B, an exit ramp to westbound Interstate 80 toward Bloomsburg. (6-14-2026)
I-81 has northbound reassurance as it pulls away from I-80. (6-14-2026)
Exit 155, which serves Dorrance Township, is 2 miles away. (6-14-2026)
The Interstate's northbound left lane will end half a mile from the yellow sign to the left. (6-14-2026)
Exit 155 provides a park and ride lot. (6-14-2026)
I-81 curves right before making its way into Dorrance Township. (6-14-2026)
Exit 155 is on the right; the gore sign is partially obstructed by a construction zone sign. (6-14-2026)
The road intersected at exit 155 is Blue Ridge Trail. (6-14-2026)
A rest area sits about a mile past exit 155. (6-14-2026)
After the rest area, I-81 crosses Alberdeen Road and Big Wapwallopen Creek. (6-14-2026)
Exit 159, located 2 miles away, serves the community of Nuangola. (6-14-2026)
Trucks bound for the nearby city of Nanticoke are to follow I-81 to exit 164. (6-14-2026)
The highway then goes under Prospect Road (Township Road 399). (6-14-2026)
Bridges over Blytheburn Road and the Little Wapwallopen Creek come next. (6-14-2026)
Exit 159 lies straight ahead on the right. (6-14-2026)
The exit 159 gore sign. (6-14-2026)
The road intersected by exit 159 is Church Road (SR2042). (6-14-2026)
The cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton are a respective 10 and 22 miles away. (6-14-2026)
I-81 is now 3 lanes wide as it goes on past exit 159. (6-14-2026)
Soon, the Interstate curves to the right and it goes under a power line. (6-14-2026)
The highway's speed limit prepares to drops to 55 MPH. (6-14-2026)
I-81 then makes its way into Hanover Township. (6-14-2026)
Once again, the highway will soon drop back down to 2 lanes. (6-14-2026)
A descent with a 4% downhill grade is a mile ahead. (6-14-2026)
Exit 164, the Nanticoke exit, intersects Pennsylvania Route 29 and is 2 miles away. (6-14-2026)
Exit 164 serves interests to the boroughs of Ashley and Sugar Notch. (6-14-2026)
I-81 crosses the movement from southbound PA 29 to northbound I-81 before the offramp to PA 29. (6-14-2026)
Exit 164 is a cloverleaf ramp transitioning directly into PA 29 north. This is the south end of the northern section of PA 29, going 74 miles northward to the New York state line in Liberty Township, Susquehanna County. Meanwhile, a diagrammatic sign to the left displays forthcoming movements to the mainline and business routings of Pennsylvania Route 309 from I-81 north. (6-14-2026)
Underneath the exit 164 gore sign is a notation that northbound PA 29 leads to U.S. Route 11. (6-14-2026)
At exit 165, mainline PA 309 forms a concurrency with I-81. Exit 165A leads to PA 309 south and Mountain Top, while exit 165B facilitates movements to PA 309's business route which goes through Wilkes-Barre. (6-14-2026)
A park and ride is available at exit 165, though which direction it is in is not specified. (6-14-2026)
Exit 165A precedes 165B by ¼ mile. (6-14-2026)
The exit 165A gore sign. (6-14-2026)
Exit 165A contains a sharp curve to the right. (6-14-2026)
Between exit ramps, I-81 crosses over Business 309. (6-14-2026)
Exit 165B to Business 309 is a left exit. (6-14-2026)
After curving left, the northbound carriageway of the Interstate crosses a hill gap. (6-14-2026)
Soon, the highway makes its way into Wilkes-Barre Township. (6-14-2026)
Lodging facilities at exit 168 are displayed by a blue sign to the right. (6-14-2026)
Between exits, Willow Street passes overhead. (6-14-2026)
Exit 168 intersects Highland Park Boulevard in one mile. (6-14-2026)
Exit 168 is straight ahead on the right. (6-14-2026)
The Mohegan Pennsylvania casino can be reached from exit 170B, the next exit on deck. (6-14-2026)
Several universities, including the Wilkes-Barre campus of Penn State, are likewise accessible from 170B. (6-14-2026)
Exit 170 is where PA 309 leaves I-81, and additionally intersects Pennsylvania Route 115. The control cities at this exit are Bear Creek and Wilkes-Barre. (6-14-2026)
I-81 and PA 309 shields sit alongside each other as the exit approaches. (6-14-2026)
Hotels available at exit 170B are posted on the right. (6-14-2026)
Exit 170A is on the right after a lefthand curve, preceding exit 170B by ¼ mile. (6-14-2026)
The exit 170A gore sign. (6-14-2026)
Northbound PA 309 and southbound PA 115 pass overhead at this point. (6-14-2026)
Northbound I-81 subsequently receives traffic from each route to the right. (6-14-2026)
There is I-81 reassurance following exit 170 as the Interstate drops downhill. (6-14-2026)
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) can be reached from exit 178 a few miles to the north. (6-14-2026)
2 miles away, at exit 175, I-81 intersects northbound Pennsylvania Route 315, which leads to Interstate 476, the borough of Dupont, and the city of Pittston. However, at the time of these photos, truckers had to take a detour bypassing PA 315 north. (6-14-2026)
Exit 175 provides indirect access to I-476, which is the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It leads north from here to Clarks Summit, and south to Allentown. (6-14-2026)
The Interstate crosses Westminster Road here. (6-14-2026)
The next bridge is over Quarry Creek. (6-14-2026)
The bridge afterward crosses Old Boston Road. (6-14-2026)
Exit 175 lies ahead on the right. (6-14-2026)
The exit 175 gore sign. PA 315 has a separate interchange with I-476 a few hundred feet to the north. (6-14-2026)
I-81 subsequently proceeds over PA 315. (6-14-2026)
Afterward, I-81 passes under Oak Street (SR 2019). (6-14-2026)
After curving right, I-81 crosses PA 315. Southbound I-81 has an exit ramp to PA 315 (exit 175A) at this spot. (6-14-2026)
Another interchange with PA 315, exit 178, is 1½ miles away. Exit 178 serves interests to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport and has a control city of Avoca. (6-14-2026)
In the meantime, at mile marker 176.4, I-81 passes under Suscon Road, which crosses the Interstate at an uphill angle. (6-14-2026)
Exit 178 is situated just past a leftward curve. (6-14-2026)
The exit 178 gore sign. (6-14-2026)
I-81 again crosses PA 315 as it receives an onramp from the state route. PA 315 has roundabouts at each end of the interchange. (6-14-2026)
Exit 180, a left exit, is 1½ miles from this green overhead sign, leading to U.S. Route 11 (Birney Avenue) which in turn leads to Pennsylvania Route 502. The control city is Moosic. (6-14-2026)
The Interstate goes on under a pedestrian overpass connecting two segments of Spruce Street. The eastern of these segments leads to Terminal Drive beside the airport. (6-14-2026)
A mile before exit 180, this overhead green sign displays a diagram showing the respective movements at that exit for US 11 and I-81. (6-14-2026)
The blue lodging sign for exit 180 is blank. (6-14-2026)
Just before exit 180, I-81 enters Lackawanna County and the borough of Moosic. (6-14-2026)
There is subsequently I-81 reassurance. (6-14-2026)
Afterward come crossings of Spring Brook and PA 502. (6-14-2026)
Exit 180 now departs I-81 north to US 11 and PA 502 (Springbrook Avenue). (6-14-2026)
The exit 180 gore sign. I-81 curves widely to the right at this exit. (6-14-2026)
Exit 182 1½ miles away intersects Montague Mountain Road and Davis Street. (6-14-2026)
I-81 then goes over I-476, which has been paralleling it for the past several miles. (6-14-2026)
Hotels located at exit 182 are displayed by the blue sign to the right. (6-14-2026)
The highway's next bridge is over Rocky Glen Road. (6-14-2026)
Exit 182 is just ahead on the right. (6-14-2026)
At exit 182, I-81 re-enters Moosic. (6-14-2026)
Davis Street, which passes overhead here, is designated as SR 3016. (6-14-2026)
I-81 enters Scranton at the onramp from Davis. (6-14-2026)
I-81 reassurance once again follows exit 182. (6-14-2026)
The highway's next 3 exits are situated along a 4½-mile span. (6-14-2026)
Scranton-bound trucks weighing over 10½ tons are directed to exit 185. (6-14-2026)
Exits 185 and 188 have a combined 4 colleges and universities accessible from them. (6-14-2026)
Exits 184, intersecting River Street and leading to Pennsylvania Route 307, is one mile away. It can be used to reach the Geisinger Community Medical Center. (6-14-2026)
A short distance further along, exit 185 intersects the President Biden Expressway at a left exit movement. (6-14-2026)
Exit 185 can be used to reach the Steamtown National Historic Site and Shopping District. (6-14-2026)
The University of Scranton and Lackawanna College are off this exit. (6-14-2026)
Exit 184 sits ahead on the right. 25 years after the state's changeover, exit 184 still has a notation for its former sequential exit number, 52. (6-14-2026)
The exit 184 gore sign. (6-14-2026)
River Street then crosses overhead. (6-14-2026)
At exit 185, I-81's northbound control city becomes Binghamton, New York. Originally the Central Scranton Expressway, it has been renamed for Joe Biden, 46th President of the U.S. from 2021 until 2025, who was born in Scranton. (6-14-2026)
PA 307 (Moosic Street) then passes overhead. (6-14-2026)
Exit 186, serving the borough of Dunmore and intersecting Drinker Street, is 2 miles ahead. (6-14-2026)
This is the first of two exits serving Dunmore. (6-14-2026)
Then, there is one-mile reassurance for exit 187, where northbound I-81 is joined by westbound U.S. Route 6, eastbound US 6 splits off onto its own freeway alignment toward Carbondale, and Interstate 380 goes south to Mount Pocono, joined by Interstate 84. (6-14-2026)
One mile before exit 186, I-81 crosses into Dunmore. (6-14-2026)
In advance of exit 187, painted-on route shields depict the lanes to be in for traffic exiting at US 6 east and at I-84/380. (6-14-2026)
The next overhead sign gantry for exit 187 adds control cities of Throop for US 6 west, Honesdale in Wayne County for US 6 east, and Milford in Pike County for I-84 east. (6-14-2026)
Exit 186 is straight ahead on the right. (6-14-2026)
I-84 and I-380 both begins at exit 187, seen here. I-84 goes about 54 miles from here into the state of New York, and I-380 about 28 miles to its parent I-80 in the Pocono Mountains. (6-14-2026)