Traffic Delays Expected For Route 1 Bridge Work In Lower Bucks County

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —Traffic stoppages are expected as bridge construction continues this week on Route 1 and Rockhill Drive between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Penndel/Business U.S. 1 interchanges., PennDOT announced.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said the project is to reconstruct, widen and improve a 1.3-mile section of U.S. 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

• Monday, Feb. 13, through Thursday, Feb. 16, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, intermittent single-lane patterns and 15-minute traffic stoppages are scheduled in both directions on Rockhill Drive between Horizon Boulevard and Neshaminy Boulevard; and
• Monday, Feb. 13, through Friday, Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5-minute traffic stoppages are scheduled on Old Lincoln Highway between the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Interchange and Bristol Road.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through or near the work area. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

PennDOT is reconstructing and widening U.S. 1, improving the interchanges, and constructing new bridges over the Neshaminy Creek, Rockhill Drive, and over rail lines near the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 exit under the $113.3 million Section RC2 contract.

JD Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, is the general contractor on the project, which is scheduled to be completed in mid-2026.

Section RC1 improvements between Old Lincoln Highway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem Township were completed in December 2022.

Section RC3, which will improve the U.S.1 corridor between Penndel/Business U.S. 1 and Corn Crib Lane (north of Route 413), is currently in preliminary engineering with construction bids tentatively expected to be opened in late 2026.

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

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, 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.

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.