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==Transportation== [[File:2022-08-15 10 00 50 View east along Interstate 80 (Keystone Shortway) from the overpass for Moseywood Road in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|I-80 eastbound in Kidder Township]] As of 2015, there were {{convert|40.77|mi}} of public roads in Kidder Township, of which {{convert|9.40|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]] (PTC), {{convert|26.18|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|5.19|mi}} were maintained by the township.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/13204.pdf|title=Kidder Township map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref> Kidder Township is served by two Interstate highways. [[Interstate 476]], the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]'s Northeast Extension, passes north–south through the township while [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]] passes east–west through the township. The two highways meet at the Pocono interchange. State highways serving Kidder Township include [[Pennsylvania Route 534]], which passes east–west through the southern portion of the township, intersecting PA 903 in Albrightsville; [[Pennsylvania Route 903]], which passes through the southeast corner of the township on its way between [[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania|Jim Thorpe]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 115|Route 115]] just beyond the Monroe County line; and [[Pennsylvania Route 940]], which passes east–west through the northern portion of the township parallel to I-80 and connects to I-80 and I-476 at the Pocono interchange. Kidder has one more important road, which connects 903 and 940 via Lake Harmony and Split Rock. The portion between Split Rock and 940, Mosey Wood Road, is a private toll road operated by Vacation Charters Limited, and the portion south to 903 is Lake Drive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/state_transportation_statistics/pennsylvania/html/table_01_03.html |title=BTS {{!}} Table 1-3: Pennsylvania Toll Roads: 2001 |website=www.bts.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605055833/http://www.bts.gov/publications/state_transportation_statistics/pennsylvania/html/table_01_03.html |archive-date=2007-06-05}}</ref> [[Martz Group|Martz Trailways]] has a stop in Kidder Township near the Pocono interchange of Interstate 476 for service between [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]], [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]], [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]], and [[Philadelphia]]. This is an [[Amtrak Thruway]] route, connecting to [[Amtrak]] trains at [[30th Street Station]] in Philadelphia. Martz also operates casino bus routes to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] from the stop. The [[Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]]'s [[Lehigh Division]] line pass through the western portion of Kidder Township.<ref name=PennDOTCarbon>{{cite map|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]]|title=Carbon County, Pennsylvania Highway Map|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Carbon_GHSN.PDF|year=2019|accessdate=September 11, 2019}}</ref>
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