Route 1 Bridge Construction Will Cause Delays Monday

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —Bridge construction is scheduled on Monday in Middletown and Bensalem townships as part of the Route 1 improvement Project, PennDOT said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said the work takes place on southbound Route 1.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, March 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., a right lane closure will be in place on southbound U.S. 1 between Route 413 (Bellevue Avenue) and Rockhill Drive.

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 $116 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.