Editing Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Air====
{{Main|Lehigh Valley International Airport}}
[[Lehigh Valley International Airport]], the fourth-largest commercial airport in [[Pennsylvania]], is located roughly {{Convert|4|mi|km}} north of Bethlehem in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]].

====Highways====
{{Further|Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Route 378|Pennsylvania Route 412}}
[[File:2022-08-16 08 31 14 View west along Interstate 78 just west of Exit 67 in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania|I-78]] West in Bethlehem in August 2022]]
As of 2022, there were {{convert|234.13|mi}} of public roads in Bethlehem, of which {{convert|27.35|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|206.78|mi}} were maintained by the city.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48301.pdf|title=Bethlehem City map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316203024/https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48301.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 78]] is the most prominent highway serving Bethlehem. It traverses the southeastern corner of the city along an east–west alignment. [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] follows the Lehigh Valley Thruway along a southwest–northeast alignment through the northwestern corner of the city. [[Pennsylvania Route 378]] heads southeastward from US 22 through the heart of downtown Bethlehem on a freeway, then transitions to surface streets as it crosses the [[Hill to Hill Bridge]], following Wyandote Street southward out of the city. Finally, [[Pennsylvania Route 412]] heads northwest from its interchange with I-78, following Hellertown Road into downtown, then a variety of city streets before coming to its northern terminus at PA 378.

====Buses====
{{See also|LANta|Trans-Bridge Lines}}
[[LANta]] provides local bus service in Bethlehem, serving points in the city and providing connections to [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]], the [[Lehigh Valley Mall]], and other points in the Lehigh Valley. The Bethlehem Transportation Center at Broad and Guetter streets serves as a transit hub for LANTA buses in Bethlehem.<ref>{{cite map|title=System Map|publisher=LANta|url=http://www.lantabus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/05sep2016_system_map_jpeg_3000px.jpeg|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143612/http://www.lantabus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/05sep2016_system_map_jpeg_3000px.jpeg|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Trans-Bridge Lines]] provides intercity bus service in Bethlehem, stopping at the Bethlehem Transportation Center and the [[Wind Creek Bethlehem]] bus terminal. Trans-Bridge Lines provides service from Bethlehem to [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[New York City]] along two routes, one of which runs from Allentown and Bethlehem to New York City and the other which runs from Bethlehem to New York City via [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania]] and [[Flemington, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Allentown/Clinton/New York Route/Bethlehem Transportation Center to New York City|publisher=Trans-Bridge Lines|date=June 4, 2018|url=http://transbridgelines.com/schedules/schedules-eff-june-2018/BethlehemEastDivided.pdf|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134401/http://transbridgelines.com/schedules/schedules-eff-june-2018/BethlehemEastDivided.pdf|archive-date=August 28, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Doylestown/Flemington/New York Route/Bethlehem Transportation Center to New York City|publisher=Trans-Bridge Lines|date=June 4, 2018|url=http://transbridgelines.com/schedules/schedules-eff-june-2018/DoylesBethlehemEast.pdf|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071247/http://transbridgelines.com/schedules/schedules-eff-june-2018/DoylesBethlehemEast.pdf|archive-date=August 28, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[OurBus]] provides bus service from Bethlehem to [[Philadelphia]] and [[Camden, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Book Commuter Ticket|publisher=OurBus|url=https://www.ourbus.com/commuterticket|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011814/https://www.ourbus.com/commuterticket|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Freight rail====
{{Further|Norfolk Southern Railway}}
Freight rail service in Bethlehem is provided by the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] and Lehigh Valley Rail Management. Norfolk Southern Railway operates the [[Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern)|Lehigh Line]] through the city along the Lehigh River, with the [[Reading Line]] splitting from the Lehigh Line in Bethlehem.<ref name=PennDOTLehigh>{{cite map|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]]|title=Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Highway Map|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/lehigh_GHSN.PDF|year=2015|access-date=January 23, 2016|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016164657/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/lehigh_GHSN.PDF|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=PennDOTNorthampton>{{cite map|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]]|title=Northampton County, Pennsylvania Highway Map|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Northampton_GHSN.PDF|year=2015|access-date=January 17, 2016|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206151349/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Northampton_GHSN.PDF|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bethlehem formerly had passenger rail service at the [[Bethlehem Union Station]], which originally served the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]] and [[Reading Company]] and had service along [[SEPTA]]'s [[Bethlehem Line]] south to Philadelphia until 1981, when service was cut back to [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]] and later [[Lansdale, Pennsylvania|Lansdale]]. The [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] formerly provided passenger rail service to the city at the [[Bethlehem station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)|Bethlehem station]].

===Utilities===
{{Further|PPL Corporation|UGI Utilities}}
Electricity in Bethlehem is provided by [[PPL Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Service Area|publisher=PPL Electric Utilities|url=https://www.pplelectric.com/utility/about-us/about-ppl-electric-utilities/service-area.aspx|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820201950/https://www.pplelectric.com/utility/about-us/about-ppl-electric-utilities/service-area.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=General Tariff|publisher=PPL Electric Utilities|date=June 20, 2017|page=4|url=https://www.pplelectric.com/-/media/PPLElectric/At-Your-Service/Docs/Current-Electric-Tariff/master.pdf|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202641/https://www.pplelectric.com/-/media/PPLElectric/At-Your-Service/Docs/Current-Electric-Tariff/master.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[UGI Utilities]] supplies [[natural gas]] to the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geographic Footprint|publisher=UGI|url=https://www.ugi.com/about-us/geographic-footprint/|access-date=October 4, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005102103/https://www.ugi.com/about-us/geographic-footprint/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gas Tariff|publisher=UGI Utilities|date=July 7, 2017|pages=5–6|url=http://gasmngmt.ugi.com/UGIU/doc/tariff/GStariff6.pdf#page=1|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010215346/http://gasmngmt.ugi.com/UGIU/doc/tariff/GStariff6.pdf#page=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Department of Water and Sewer Resources provides water and sewer service to Bethlehem and parts of 10 adjacent municipalities in Lehigh and Northampton counties, serving 35,000 water customers and 25,000 sewer customers. The city's water supply comes from the [[Pocono Mountains]], with the surface water sources containing 10 billion gallons of freshwater capacity in an area consisting of 23,000 acres of protected watershed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bethlehem Water & Sewer Resources|publisher=Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|url=http://www.bethlehem-pa.gov/water/index.html|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071118/http://www.bethlehem-pa.gov/water/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Trash collection in Bethlehem is provided by private haulers while the City of Bethlehem Recycling Department provides recycling collection.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recycling Services|publisher=Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|url=http://www.bethlehem-pa.gov/recycling/index.html|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071130/http://www.bethlehem-pa.gov/recycling/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>