Credit: PennDOT
Drivers in Bensalem Township and Middletown Township will see traffic restrictions due to the Route 1 reconstruction project.
The restrictions will take place this weekend and next week, according to PennDOT.
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The work schedules and locations are:
- Friday, November 5, from 8 p.n. to 6 p.m. Saturday, November 6, Street Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction between the Pennsylvania Turnpike slip ramp and Old Lincoln Highway for intersection construction. In addition, the following ramps will be closed and detoured to Old Lincoln Highway:
- Southbound Route 1 to eastbound and westbound Street Road;
- Westbound Street Road to northbound Route 1; and
- Northbound Route 1 to westbound Street Road.
- Monday, November 8, through Wednesday, November 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Neshaminy Boulevard will be reduced to a single lane with flaggers between Bristol Road and Rockhill Road (in the vicinity of Neshaminy Mall) for core boring operations;
- Monday, November 8, through Thursday, November 11, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., periodic northbound and southbound single lane closures and 15-minute traffic stoppages may be in place on Route 1 between the Pennsylvania Turnpike interchange and the Penndel/Business Route 1 interchange for controlled blasting to remove rock from the Route 1 embankments;
- Monday, November 8, through Thursday, November 11, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Bristol Road will be closed between Neshaminy Boulevard and Old Lincoln Highway during the periodic 15-minute traffic stoppages on Route 1; and
- Friday, November 12, from 8:00 PM to 6:00 PM Saturday, November 13, Street Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction between the Turnpike slip ramp and Old Lincoln Highway for intersection construction.
PennDOT officials asked drivers to allow for extra time when traveling through the area. The work is weather dependent.
The work is part of the ongoing reconstruction and widening of almost three miles of roadway, improving the interchanges, and constructing several new bridges, including new structures over the Neshaminy Creek and over rail lines near the Penndel exit. The Route 1 project is on Phase 2. The second phase will widen the highway.
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The $110.8 million second phase of the project is being carried out by Chester County-based contractor JD Eckman Inc.
A proposed third phase would begin at the Penndel Interchange and continue just past the Pine Street (Route 413) overpass in Middletown Township.
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