PA DEP - Directions to Northeast Regional Office Building in Wilkes-Barre, PA

DIRECTIONS TO NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
570-826-2511
Fax 570-830-3051

From Route 81 South (coming from Scranton, or Routes 84 or 380):

Take Exit 170B off Route 81 (Rt. 115S/Wilkes-Barre exit). You'll pass a Red Roof Inn on your right. You are now on Route 309 (a.k.a. the North Cross Valley Expressway). Stay in the two left lanes and then take EXIT 2. At the bottom of the exit ramp is a traffic light at a T-intersection. Make a left onto Wilkes-Barre Boulevard. At the first traffic light (Conyngham Ave.) go straight. Continue straight through lights at Butler, Scott and Coal Streets. At the next light, make a right on to Market Street. Continue straight ahead through lights at Pennsylvania Boulevard and Washington Street. At the next light you'll be facing Public Square and you will enter a traffic circle by making a right. Stay in the right lane. Go to the very next light (i.e., 1/4 of the way around the traffic circle) and turn right on to North Main Street. Immediately look for a 5-story parking garage on your left. Look for a horizontal brown and white "ENTRANCE" sign, and turn left into that driveway. (Note: this serves as the entrance to both the Ramada parking area as well as the public parking garage.) Follow the green and white arrow directing you up a small ramp on your right and into the public parking garage. Be sure to bring your parking ticket along with you and have it validated by the DEP receptionist on the 2nd floor of the DEP building.

From the PA turnpike/Rt. 476 (coming from Philadelphia or Allentown areas):

Take Exit 105 off the turnpike (Bear Creek exit). At the end of the turnpike ramp, make a left onto Route 115 (north). Follow the road down the mountain. Go through a traffic light and then cross over Route 81. You are now on Route 309 (a.k.a. the North Cross Valley Expressway). You'll pass a Red Roof Inn on your right. Stay in the two left lanes and then take EXIT 2. At the bottom of the exit ramp is a traffic light at aT-intersection. Make a left onto Wilkes-Barre Boulevard. At the first traffic light (Conyngham Ave.) go straight. Continue straight through lights at Butler, Scott and Coal Streets. At the next light, make a right on to Market Street. Continue straight ahead through lights at Pennsylvania Boulevard and Washington Street. At the next light you'll be facing Public Square and you will enter a traffic circle by making a right. Stay in the right lane. Go to the very next light (i.e., 1/4 of the way around the traffic circle) and turn right on to North Main Street. Immediately look for a 5-story parking garage on your left. Look for a horizontal brown and white "ENTRANCE" sign, and turn left into that driveway. (Note: this serves as the entrance to both the Ramada parking area as well as the public parking garage.) Follow the green and white arrow directing you up a small ramp on your right and into the public parking garage. Be sure to bring your parking ticket along with you and have it validated by the DEP receptionist on the 2nd floor of the DEP building.

From Route 81 North (coming from Harrisburg, Hazleton or Route 80):

Take Exit 168 (Highland Park Blvd.) off Rt. 81 North and continue down a relatively long ramp. You will see an arena on your right. At the T-intersection at the bottom of the ramp, make a left. Continue down this road through a light at the entrance to Wegman's supermarket. At the second light continue going straight, and this will put you onto Coal Street. Continue through a third light, and at the bottom of the hill at a T-intersection, turn left on to Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and stay in the right lane. At the first light, make a right onto Market Street. Continue straight ahead through two lights at intersections with Pennsylvania Avenue and Washington Street. At the third light you'll be facing Public Square and will enter a traffic circle by making a right. Stay in the right lane through the traffic circle. Go to the first light (i.e., 1/4 of the way around the traffic circle). Immediately look for a 5-story public parking garage on your left. Look for a horizontal brown and white"ENTRANCE"sign, and turn left into that driveway. (Note: this serves as the entrance to both the Ramada parking area as well as the public parking garage.) Follow the green and white arrow directing you up a small ramp on your right and into the public parking garage. Be sure to park in the Public Parking garage (you'll see a green and white arrow on the left) and not in the Ramada Hotel lot.

Be sure to bring your parking ticket along with you and have it validated by the DEP receptionist on the 2nd floor of the DEP building.

Finding DEP Once You've Parked:
As you come down the stairs or out of the elevator from the parking garage, turn left and walk beneath the garage structure. The Ramada will be on your left. Continue out from beneath the garage and look ahead and to the left for the rear entrance to a large tan 5-story building with a big gray garage door. To the left of the garage door is a glass double-door with the DEP logo on it. Enter the building here and continue down the hallway to a set of green double doors. Turn right after going through the doors and then make a left through the archway. Bear left around the bank of elevators. Please take either the middle or far right elevator to the 2nd Floor.
You may also enter DEP from the front side on West Market Street. As you face the DEP building (a large, mostly tan building with a 3-story archway facing the public square), look to the left for the entry with the DEP logo on the doors. Continue down the hallway and bear right at the bank of elevators. Please take either the middle or far right elevator to the 2nd Floor.