Jersey (roughly east), and at Hackettstown station in Hackettstown, New Jersey ( northeast). The Valley's closest Amtrak station is Bryn Mawr SEPTA, miles south of the Valley. Two major passenger rail hubs, 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and Newark Penn Station in Newark, are roughly southeast and west, respectively. Roads The Lehigh Valley is accessible from four major highways: Interstate 476, the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, is a toll highway that runs from Chester in the south to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre region in the north. Interstate 78 is a major east–west highway that runs through the southern part of the Valley and is duplexed with Pennsylvania Route 309. I-78 runs from Lebanon County in the west to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan in the east. Pennsylvania Route 33 runs north–south through the Lehigh Valley from the Poconos in the north to Northampton County in the south. U.S. Route 22 is a major freeway that runs through the Valley from Kuhnsville in the western part of the Valley to Easton in the Valley's east. The highway extends from Cincinnati, Ohio in the west through the Valley to Newark, New Jersey at its eastern terminus. Other major Lehigh Valley roads include: Cedar Crest Boulevard is a north–south highway that runs from North Whitehall Township in the north through West Allentown to Emmaus in the south. Lehigh Street runs northeast to southwest, originating in Center City Allentown and terminating in Emmaus. Pennsylvania Route 145 is a divided local road that leads to the Lehigh Valley Mall and its surrounding commercial district. Tilghman Street runs from Fogelsville in the west, continuing as Union Boulevard to Bethlehem in the east. Tilghman Street runs through most of Allentown, intersecting with Cedar Crest Boulevard, Pennsylvania Route 100, Pennsylvania Route 309, and several other major Lehigh Valley highways. Telecommunications The Lehigh Valley area initially was served only by the 215 area code from 1947 (when the North American Numbering Plan of the Bell System went into effect) until 1994. With the region's growing population, the Lehigh Valley was granted area code 610 in 1994. Today, the Lehigh Valley is mainly covered by 610. An overlay area code, 484, was added to the 610 service area in 1999. Area code 835 is expected to become available in the Lehigh Valley in 2022. Wine The Lehigh Valley AVA, which was designated an official American Viticultural Area in