Route 1 Sign Installation Starting Overnight Thursday

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —Lane closures are expected overnight Thursday as PennDOT installs overhead signs on Route 1 in Bensalem Township.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that the work is part of the $116 million project to reconstruct, widen, and improve a three-mile section of Route 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Thursday, March 21, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday, lane closures with intermittent 15-minute stoppages will be in place on northbound and southbound U.S. 1 between Street Road (Route 132) and the Bristol Road overpass.

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

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.