King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that ramp and roadway construction are scheduled this weekend and next week on U.S. 1 under a project to reconstruct, widen and improve a three-mile section of U.S. 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships, Bucks County. 

Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• From 8:00 PM Friday, April 14, to 6:00 AM Monday, April 17, the ramp from northbound U.S. 1 to Rockhill Drive at the Neshaminy Exit will be closed for reconstruction. Motorists will be detoured north on U.S. 1 to the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Exit, left at the turnaround to southbound Old Lincoln Highway, then south on U.S. 1 to Rockhill Drive at the Neshaminy Exit; and
• From 8:00 PM Thursday, April 20, to 6:00 AM the following morning, a single lane pattern is scheduled on U.S. 1 in both directions between Old Lincoln Highway and the Neshaminy Exit for a traffic shift.

The traffic shift will move both directions of U.S. 1 traffic onto the southbound side of the new bridge over the Neshaminy Creek, which was constructed last year. Following the traffic shift, the contractor will begin demolishing the northbound side of the bridge for reconstruction.

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 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 $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. 

Subscribe to PennDOT District 6 news and traffic alerts at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.

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 Contact: Brad Rudolph, bradrudolph@pa.gov

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