King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction is scheduled next week on U.S. 1 under a project to reconstruct, widen and improve the highway in Bensalem and Middletown townships, Bucks County. 

Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

• Wednesday, August 9, from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM the following morning, a single lane closure with intermittent traffic stoppages is planned on northbound U.S.1 between the Street Road (Route 132) and Penndel/Business U.S. 1 interchanges for paving and a traffic pattern change moving northbound and southbound vehicles onto the newly reconstructed northbound bridge over Rockhill Drive at the Neshaminy Exit.

The pattern change was originally scheduled for tonight, August 3, but was postponed to next week due to recent high temperatures.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent and subject to change.

Following the traffic shift, crews will replace the stop sign at the end of the ramp from the PA Turnpike to northbound U.S. 1 with a yield sign, and demolition and reconstruction will begin on the southbound bridge carrying U.S. 1 over Rockhill Drive.

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 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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