Early December Finish For First Leg Of Route 1 Improvements: PennDOT

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —An early December finish is the target date for the first phase of Route 1 improvements along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem Township.

PennDOT spokesman Brad Rudolph told Patch Friday afternoon that the Section RC1 improvements between Old Lincoln Highway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike should be completed in early December.

A press release from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation stated the work would be completed this fall.

The completion will end nearly four years of construction to widen and improve the stretch of roadway.

PennDOT is reconstructing and widening almost three miles of U.S. 1, improving the interchanges, and constructing several new bridges — including new structures over the Neshaminy Creek and over rail lines near the Penndel exit— under the first two contracts (RC1, RC2) to rebuild, widen and improve U.S. 1 in Bucks County.