New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey meet at a small granite marker called the Tri-States Monument. It sits in Port Jervis, New York, on a point of land where the Neversink River flows into the Delaware. I-84 crosses the Delaware just above the monument and enters Pennsylvania near Matamoras. For pickups in the Hudson Valley and Orange County, that bridge is often the quickest way into the Poconos and Scranton.
Other parts of New York use different crossings. From New York City, carriers usually go through New Jersey on the Turnpike toward Philadelphia, on I-78 toward Allentown, or on I-80 toward the Poconos. Upstate, I-81 links Binghamton to Scranton, and I-90 follows Lake Erie from Buffalo to Erie, Pennsylvania. Most trips are 100 to 350 miles and take 1 to 3 days.
Ports and auctions sit at both ends of this short corridor. The Port of New York and New Jersey’s auto terminals in Newark and Bayonne anchor the northern end, and PhilaPort on the Delaware anchors the southern end. Dealer freight moves between the auction lot in Newburgh and the large auction lots in Lancaster County. Short-haul carriers combine these loads with residential moves, so timing often depends on matching your car to a truck already in the area.
Seasonal patterns are steady. Families leaving the city for Bucks County, the Lehigh Valley, and Philadelphia’s suburbs ship most often from late spring through summer. August brings students heading to Penn, Temple, Lehigh, and Penn State. Soldiers leaving Fort Drum for Carlisle Barracks or Tobyhanna add summer PCS moves, and winter snow on I-84 and I-80 can shift delivery by a day.
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