On-the-go individuals seeking to fill up their vehicle’s gas tanks while fueling up on coffee, hoagies and “Sizzli” breakfast sandwiches will soon have two new spots to patronize in Lehigh County.
Work on two new Wawa locations is nearing completion at 3015 Lehigh St. in Allentown and MacArthur and Mickley Roads in Whitehall Township.
A new Wawa location is coming soon to MacArthur and Mickley roads in Whitehall Township.
Ryan Kneller
The newly constructed Whitehall location will operate at the former site of a Sears Auto Center, which was demolished, at the Whitehall Mall.
The newly constructed Allentown location will operate at the former site of The Brass Rail, an iconic Lehigh Valley restaurant that closed in 2022 before being demolished last year.
The Brass Rail’s new iteration, a fast-casual eatery, opened in 2024 at the Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market.
Fueling station canopies have been erected at both new Wawa locations, and finishing touches are being put on the convenience stores.
A new Wawa location is coming soon to 3015 Lehigh St. in Allentown.
Ryan Kneller
Grand opening dates have not yet been announced, and a Wawa spokesperson did not return a message seeking more information.
Delaware County-based Wawa, Inc., a privately held company with more than 1,100 gas station and convenience store locations in 12 states and Washington D.C., began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey.
Toward the end of the 19th century, owner George Wood took an interest in dairy farming, and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa, Delaware County in 1902.
The milk business was a huge success, and as home delivery of milk declined in the early 1960s, Grahame Wood, George’s grandson, opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 in Pennsylvania as an outlet for dairy products.
A new Wawa location is coming soon to MacArthur and Mickley roads in Whitehall Township.
Ryan Kneller
Today, Wawa locations offer freshly prepared foods, beverages, coffee, fuel services, convenience items and surcharge-free ATMs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C.
Popular food offerings include Sizzli breakfast sandwiches, signature hoagies, wraps, quesadillas, burgers, pizzas, salads, soups and sides.
Wawa’s new Allentown and Whitehall locations will supplement about two dozen other Lehigh Valley area Wawa locations, including a location that opened in 2024 at 3608 Nazareth Pike in Bethlehem Township; a location that opened in 2023 at 770 Hellertown Road in south Bethlehem; and 2022 additions at 4089 Jandy Blvd. in Lower Nazareth Township, 364 Susquehanna St. in Allentown and 6680 Route 309 in Upper Saucon Township.
A new Wawa location is coming soon to MacArthur and Mickley roads in Whitehall Township.
Ryan Kneller
Several other Lehigh Valley Wawa locations are under development or have been proposed, including those at Highland Avenue and Route 512 in Hanover Township, Northampton County; 4457 Easton Ave. in Bethlehem Township; 1810 Route 309 in South Whitehall Township; and near Routes 309 and 873 in North Whitehall Township.
The forthcoming location at MacArthur and Mickley roads in Whitehall will operate about two miles south of another Wawa at 2985 MacArthur Road in Whitehall, while the forthcoming location at 3015 Lehigh St. in Allentown will operate a mile south of another Wawa at 2209 Lehigh St. in Allentown.
The forthcoming Allentown location also will operate about 100 yards away from a Sheetz convenience store and gas station, which opened in August 2023 at the southeast corner of Lehigh Street and 29th Street, near Auto Zone.
A new Wawa location is coming soon to 3015 Lehigh St. in Allentown.
Ryan Kneller
A Turkey Hill gas station and convenience store operates on the other side of Sheetz.