 The IIRP Campus is located at 544 Main Street (corner of Main and Walnut Sts.) in historic downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, home to a variety of attractions and historic and cultural sites. Bethlehem is within driving distance of New York City, Philadelphia, Amish country and scenic Bucks County.
Photos of Bethlehem
Useful links:
Bethlehem, PA Online
Lehigh Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau
Hotels
HOTEL BETHLEHEM
(1.5 blocks from IIRP)
www.hotelbethlehem.com
Reservations: Email (preferred) reservations@hotelbethlehem.com or call 1-610-625-2214 or 1-610-625-2225. Ask for the "IIRP rate" — $119/night, including weekends. Rate excludes certain blackout dates.
BETHLEHEM COMFORT SUITES
(approx. 1 mile from IIRP)
www.comfortsuitesbethlehem.com
Reservations: Call 1-610-882-9700.
Traveling to the Bethlehem Campus
Airports
The IIRP Campus is in the vicinity of three international airports. It is:
Directions
Click here for a Mapquest map.
Please note: Parking is available (for $6 per day, $1 per hour) in the Walnut Street Parking Garage, one block from the IIRP Campus.
From Interstate 78 (East or West)
Exit #67—Hellertown/Bethlehem. At the bottom of the ramp make a right onto Route 412. Follow 412 (pay attention to the signs) through Bethlehem to Route 378. (Comfort Suites is on your Left just before 378.) Get on 378 North just before the bridge. Immediately after crossing the bridge, take the Main Street exit. At the end of the ramp, turn left onto Main Street. The second street on the right is Walnut. The IIRP Campus will be on your right, at the corner of Main and Walnut. To the parking garage: make the right onto Walnut, go one block. Garage is on the right.
From Route 22 (East or West)
Exit at Route 378 South. Follow 378 to Exit 3—Historic Bethlehem/Center City. At the end of the ramp go left onto Third Avenue to first light, which is Broad Street. Make a left onto Broad and follow to first light, which is Main Street. Make a right onto Main. The first street on your left is Walnut. The IIRP Campus will be on your left, at the corner of Main and Walnut. To the parking garage: make the left onto Walnut, go one block. Garage is on the right.
From Philadelphia and South
Route 309 North past Quakertown and Coopersburg. As north and south bound lanes of 309 begin to part stay in the right lane and make a right onto 378 North. Follow 378 for several miles. Immediately after crossing the bridge (large black bridge on 378) exit onto Main Street. At the end of the ramp, turn left. The second street on the right is Walnut. The IIRP Campus will be on your right, at the corner of Main and Walnut. To the parking garage: make the right onto Walnut, go one block. Garage is on the right.
Public Transportation
Renting a car is the simplest way of getting from any of the airports to Bethlehem. If you wish to take public transportation, you will need to take a combination of trains and buses. There are no rail lines that connect any of these airports directly to Bethlehem.
Here are some relevant public transportation links:
Bieber Tourways
PATH
SEPTA
Trans-Bridge Lines
Scenes of Bethlehem Adjacent to IIRP Campus on Main Street
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Main Street, Christmastime at night
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Adjacent to Main Street: Historic Industrial District and Monocacy Creek
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Shops on Main Street
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Nearby Hotel Bethlehem
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Historic Moravian Church
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