Route 1 Ramp Construction Starts In Bensalem

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —Ramp construction on northbound Route 1 will begin Thursday night and last into Friday morning, bringing the highway down to a single lane, PennDOT said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that ramp construction is scheduled on Route 1 under a project to reconstruct, widen and improve a three-mile section of Route 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships, Bucks County.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

• Thursday, May 11, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, northbound Route 1 will be reduced to a single lane between the Neshaminy and Penndel/Business Route 1 exits for setting a new traffic pattern at the ramp to Penndel/Business Route 1.

The new pattern will shift off-ramp traffic onto a temporary ramp while the new permanent ramp is built.

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

PennDOT is reconstructing and widening Route 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 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.