Construction On Chester County State Roads To Continue

CHESTER COUNTY, PA -- Construction is scheduled to begin Tuesday, March 29, to repair and resurface nearly six miles of U.S. 1 between Hopewell Road and Route 896 in East Nottingham, Lower Oxford and Upper Oxford townships, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.

Crews will work Tuesday, March 29 through Saturday, April 2, from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m., to mill the left lane on northbound U.S. 1 between Hopewell Road and Route 10.

Then over the next four weeks, the contractor will work Mondays through Saturdays, during the same time, to repave the highway.

Construction is expected to be completed in late April.

PennDOT’s contractor will mill the existing deteriorated riding surface and install a new asphalt pavement on the four-lane expressway to provide smoother travel. In addition, crews will repave the ramps at the U.S. 1 interchanges at Route 472 and Route 10.

U.S. 1 motorists should allow additional time for travel during construction because slowdowns will occur.

The improvement of U.S. 1 is part of PennDOT’s $5.2 million project to repair and resurface 21 miles of deteriorated pavement on three state highways in Chester County, with funding from the state’s transportation plan, Act 89.

In July 2015, PennDOT’s contractor resurfaced Waterloo Avenue between Sugartown Road and U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) in Easttown Township. The third state highway scheduled for resurfacing is Route 10 (Limestone Road/Church Street/Octorara Trail) between Route 41 (Gap Newport Pike) and U.S. 30 (Lincoln Highway). The resurfacing of Route 10 is expected to start in May 2016 and finish in June 2016.

Allan A. Myers, LP, of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general contractor on the $5,205,555 project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.