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Route 1 Bridge Work Moving Along

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Tom Sofield

The replacement of the concrete beam bridge that carries busy Route 1 over Maple Avenue (Route 213) in Middletown is going along on schedule.

After nearly a year-and-a-half of roadwork, PennDOT spokesperson Charles Metzger said this week the project is in it’s final traffic configuration.

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The project will also realign the Route 1 ramps to Maple Avenue, resurface the roadway approaches and ramps, install glare screens on the median barrier and upgrade drainage systems.

During the project the speed limit along the highway was been reduced in the work zone.

The work on the nearly $16 million project should be done by October 2014.

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Metzger said PennDOT has several other projects planned along Route 1 in the coming years.

Crews are currently working on northbound lanes of the bridge. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Crews are currently working on northbound lanes of the bridge.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
One of the realigned ramps. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
One of the realigned ramps.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.