Route 1 Project Construction Continues Overnight This Week

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Construction continues this week on the Route 1 Traffic Improvements Project, PennDOT said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that construction is scheduled next week on U.S. 1 and Rockhill Drive in Bensalem and Middletown townships under a $116 million project to reconstruct, widen, and improve a three-mile section of the highway.

Drivers are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, June 23, through Friday, June 27, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, lane closures will flaggers be in place on Rockhill Drive in both directions between Neshaminy Boulevard and Old Lincoln Highway for paving.
• Monday, June 23, through Friday, June 27, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, lane closures will be in place on U.S. 1 in both directions between Rockhill Drive and Hulmeville Road for a traffic shift and paving. Southbound U.S.1 traffic will be shifted fully to its final configuration onto the rebuilt southbound lanes prior to the start of paving.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur.

All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

The work is part of PennDOT’s U.S. 1/RC2 contract that will reconstruct and widen U.S. 1 from south of the Rockhill Drive Interchange to north of the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Interchange.

For more information on this project and PennDOT’s U.S. 1 reconstruction program in Bucks County, visit www.us1bucks.com.

Drivers can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.