Newportville Road Closure Resumes This Week

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —Newportville Road's closure has now been expanded by PennDOT to around-the-clock.

Bristol Township Police said the work that will close Newportville Road continues Monday and lasts all week in Bristol and Bensalem townships was expanded from a daytime closure. The schedule is weather-dependent.

The road will be closed between Zimmerman Lane and New Falls Road through Friday.

During the closure, motorists will be directed to use Zimmerman Lane and New Falls Road. Local access will be maintained up to the work zone.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area because backups and delays will occur.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is planning a project to reconstruct the turnpike bridge over the Neshaminy Creek.

That project calls for widening and reconstructing the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Bensalem Boulevard to the Interstate 95 connection, PennDOT said. The project, which is expected to start in the fall, may take three years to complete.

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.