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==Transportation== ===Roads and highways=== {{stack|[[File:2022-08-15 13 32 14 View west along Interstate 80 and south along U.S. Route 209 (Keystone Shortway) from the overpass for Prospect Street in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|I-80]] westbound and [[U.S. Route 209 in Pennsylvania|US 209]] southbound in East Stroudsburg]]}} As of 2017, there were {{convert|30.37|mi}} of public roads in East Stroudsburg, of which {{convert|6.67|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|23.70|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/45402.pdf|title=East Stroudsburg Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref> [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]] and [[U.S. Route 209 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 209]] are the most prominent highways serving East Stroudsburg. They traverse the borough concurrently via the Keystone Shortway along a southwest-northeast alignment across the southern portion of the borough. [[U.S. Route 209 Business (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)|U.S. Route 209 Business]] follows a north-south alignment through the center of the borough. [[Pennsylvania Route 447]] follows a southeast-northwest alignment across the northern corner of the borough. ===Airport=== {{Further|Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport}} [[Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport]] is located near East Stroudsburg, in [[Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Smithfield Township, Monroe County]], Pennsylvania. Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport serves East Stroudsburg and Monroe County and is owned by Robert Strenz. The paved runway extends for 3087 feet. The facility is at an elevation of 480 feet. The airport offers activities such as the Sky's the Limit Skydiving Center and a golf driving range. ===Transit=== {{Further|Monroe County Transit Authority}} The [[Monroe County Transit Authority]], sometimes known as the Pocono Pony, serves [[Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Monroe County]] with five bus routes. Two of those routes, the Red and Yellow routes, serve East Stroudsburg. The Red route connects the central business district with adjacent Stroudsburg and Pocono Medical Center. The Yellow Route serves the Northern and Eastern portions of the borough, connecting them with the Stroud Mall, and the Marshall's Creek, PA area.<ref>[http://www.gomcta.com/schedules.htm Pocono Pony Routes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005092200/http://www.gomcta.com/schedules.htm|date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> ===Railway=== [[File:East Stroudsburg railroad Station.jpg|thumb|[[East Stroudsburg station]]]] [[East Stroudsburg station]] formerly served East Stroudsburg, but the last [[Erie Lackawanna Railway]] passenger train, the ''[[Lake Cities (Erie Railroad train)|Lake Cities]],'' stopped there on January 6, 1970.<ref name="eaststroudsburg">{{cite news|title=Final E-L passenger trains pull away from E.S. station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5920334/final_el_passenger_trains/|newspaper=[[Pocono Record]]|date=January 5, 1970|page=9|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 17, 2016 }} {{Open access}}</ref> There are plans for the [[New Jersey Transit]] to run through and reopen this station.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project019To New Jersey Transit]. Njtransit.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.</ref> Most of this project however, is currently not funded. Only the MOS (Minimum Operable Segment) of the project is being built so far, from where the Eastern end of the [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]] separates from the former Lackawanna RR main line at [[Port Morris Jct.]] to [[Andover, New Jersey]]. The track eastward from East Stroudsburg to [[Slateford Junction]] is still in service and used by the [[Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad]] three times a week both to service a paper plant at Minisink Hills and interchange freight with Norfolk Southern at Slateford Jct. Heading west from East Stroudsburg, the former [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western]] (Lackawanna) [[Double-track railway|double-track]] [[Main line (railway)|main line]] still has a usable single track through to [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]. The Delaware Lackawanna Railroad provides local freight service over this segment, and passenger excursions from [[Steamtown National Historic Site|Steamtown, USA]] (located in Scranton) are run several times a year to East Stroudsburg and to the [[Delaware Water Gap]]. ====Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority==== Rail transportation plays an important part in the history of the borough and continues to have an impact today. The [[Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority]] is a bi-county creation of both [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Lackawanna County]] and [[Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Monroe County]] to oversee the use of common rail freight lines in northeastern Pennsylvania, including one formerly owned by Conrail running from Scranton, through East Stroudsburg towards New Jersey, and the New York City market, called the [[Pocono Mainline]]. ==== Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project ==== {{Main|Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project}} There is an effort to re-establish rail passenger service via New Jersey Transit between [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]] and [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], New Jersey by way of the [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]], with connecting service into [[Manhattan]]. The first physical work of this project began in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project019To|title=New Jersey Transit|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> Grants have been committed to bridge restoration to ensure the restoration of train movement.<ref>Stacy M. Brown, "Pocono Record," May 17, 2016 http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20160517/grants-keep-poconos-to-new-york-commuter-train-moving</ref>
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