north of allentown, the route runs through more farmland before passing under the blue mountain in the lehigh tunnel and entering carbon county in the pocono mountains. here, i-476 crosses over the lehigh river and interchanges with u.s. 209 near lehighton. continuing through mountainous areas, it has an e-zpass-only exit for pennsylvania route 903 and cuts through hickory run state park before interchanging with interstate 80 and pennsylvania route 940 just to the north of the state park. the route continues through mountainous terrain, heading into luzerne county and coming to an interchange with pennsylvania route 115 in bear creek that provides access to nearby wilkes-barre. the route comes to a toll barrier near pittston that marks the northern end of the toll ticket system in the northeast extension. a short distance later, an interchange with pennsylvania route 315 provides indirect access to interstate 81 and scranton.