Interstate 84 is two separate roads with one number. The western I-84 runs from I-5 in Portland, Oregon, through Boise, Idaho, to I-80 near Echo, Utah. The eastern I-84 runs from I-81 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, next to Scranton, through New York and Connecticut to I-90, the Massachusetts Turnpike, at Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The FHWA route log (routes as designated on December 31, 2025) gives the western road 733.06 miles of its own: 375.68 in Oregon, 275.83 in Idaho and 81.55 in Utah. It also lists 35.98 miles that I-84 shares with I-15 in northern Utah, between Tremonton and Ogden, so the drive from Portland to Echo is about 769 miles. The eastern road is 232.40 miles: 54.88 in Pennsylvania, 71.41 in New York, 97.90 in Connecticut and 8.21 in Massachusetts.
For a truck the hard part is eastern Oregon. Between Pendleton and La Grande the road crosses the Blue Mountains at Deadman Pass (3,615 ft) and Blue Mountain Summit (4,193 ft). The west side of Deadman Pass is Cabbage Hill, which ODOT calls "one of the most hazardous stretches of road along westbound Interstate 84": a downgrade of about 10 miles, from milepost 227 to 217, with a double hairpin at 6 percent. The brake check area is at the weigh station at milepost 227, and ODOT's warning signs give recommended speeds by weight, down to 18 mph for a 5-axle truck at 75,000 to 80,000 lb.
Weather is the other problem in Oregon. ODOT's Cabbage Hill brochure says fog, snow and black ice are common there from October to April. In the Columbia River Gorge, where I-84 runs on the Oregon side, an ice storm closed I-84 between Troutdale (milepost 17) and Hood River (milepost 64) for nearly 31 hours in January 2024, and fires closed it between Hood River and The Dalles in June 2025 (ODOT). When Oregon posts chain signs, every vehicle towing or rated over 10,000 lb GVW must use chains. Traction tires count only for lighter vehicles that are not towing.
Truck rules change along the way. Oregon's statute sets 55 mph for trucks over 10,000 lb GVWR unless another speed is posted, and ODOT has posted 60 mph for trucks from Troutdale to The Dalles since late 2017. From the eastern city limit of The Dalles to Idaho the truck limit is 65 mph (ORS 811.111). Idaho gives trucks with five or more axles the same interstate limit as lighter vehicles, 75 mph unless posted otherwise (Idaho Code 49-654). At milepost 222, I-86 splits off toward Pocatello and I-84 turns south to Utah. The one toll on either road is the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge over the Hudson in New York, collected eastbound only: as of October 2026 a 5-axle truck pays $15.25 with E-ZPass or $20.00 by mail (New York State Bridge Authority). In Connecticut, CTDOT is switching I-84 from sequential to mileage exit numbers, so old exit 51 for I-91 North in Hartford becomes 62B.
- Two separate roads: 733.06 miles in Oregon, Idaho and Utah, and 232.40 miles in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, 965.46 miles in all (FHWA route log, routes as designated on December 31, 2025)
- Western I-84 also runs 35.98 miles on I-15 in Utah, so Portland to I-80 near Echo is about 769 miles (FHWA route log)
- Cabbage Hill, OR: a westbound downgrade of about 10 miles from milepost 227 to 217, about 6 percent from milepost 222.4 to 218 through the double hairpin, with a brake check area at the weigh station at milepost 227 and runaway truck ramps at mileposts 221.97 and 220.11 (ODOT)
- Deadman Pass summit, 3,615 ft at milepost 229.19; Blue Mountain Summit, 4,193 ft at milepost 241.35 (ODOT highway inventory)
- Oregon truck limit: 60 mph posted from Troutdale to The Dalles (ODOT, since 2017; the statute's default is 55), and 65 mph from the eastern city limit of The Dalles to Idaho (ORS 811.111)
- Idaho: trucks with five or more axles over 26,000 lb have the same interstate limit as lighter vehicles, 75 mph unless posted otherwise (Idaho Code 49-654)
- Only toll: the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge in New York, eastbound only and cashless. A 5-axle truck pays $15.25 with E-ZPass or $20.00 by mail, the rates in effect since May 1, 2023 and still listed as of October 2026 (New York State Bridge Authority)
- Oregon scales: Cascade Locks port of entry (milepost 44.90), Wyeth (54.30), Emigrant Hill (226.95), La Grande (258.55), Farewell Bend port of entry (352.93) and Olds Ferry (354.38) (ODOT highway inventory)
- Idaho ports of entry, both directions: East Boise (milepost 67) and Declo (milepost 218.7) (ITD)