Route 1 Bridge Demolition Will Cause Motorist Delays

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —Motorists should expect delays as PennDOT performs bridge construction on Rockhill Drive at night this week as part of the Route 1 Improvements Project.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that the bridge demolition falls under a project to reconstruct, widen, and improve Route 1.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, Dec. 4, through Thursday, Dec. 7, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, a single-lane pattern with intermittent 15-minute stoppages will be in place in both directions on Rockhill Drive between Old Lincoln Highway and Neshaminy Boulevard.

The lane closures will allow PennDOT’s contractor to safely demolish the southbound side of the existing bridge carrying U.S. 1 over Rockhill Drive. Motorists traveling in both directions on U.S. 1 are now using the new northbound bridge during southbound construction.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area. All scheduled activities are weather-dependent and subject to change.

PennDOT is reconstructing and widening U.S. 1, improving the interchanges, and constructing new bridges from the Turnpike Interchange in Bensalem Township to north of the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 in Middletown Township under the $113.5 million Section RC2 contract.

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, 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.

Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.