Route 1 Traffic Shift Starting Overnight This Week

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A traffic shift on Route 1 will take place this week as PennDOT continues improvements under a $116 million project to reconstruct, widen, and improve a three-mile section of the highway in Bensalem and Middletown townships.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that a traffic shift is planned on Monday night that will last until Friday morning.

Drivers are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, May 12, 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 Fairhill Avenue.
• Thursday, May 15, from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning, lane closures will be in place on Rockhill Drive in both directions between Overlook Boulevard and Neshaminy Boulevard.

The traffic shift will move northbound and southbound U.S. 1 traffic to the northbound side through the work area to allow crews to reconstruct the roadway at the crossovers that have been used during construction.

The new pattern is expected to remain in place until about mid-June.

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.'

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.