Credit: PennDOT
PennDOT crews will be conducting traffic stoppages this week in Bensalem and Middletown townships.
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The stoppages are scheduled Monday through Friday from between 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. They are expected to be periodic and last as long as 15 minutes.
The stoppages are set for Old Lincoln Highway between the southbound ramp from Penndel and Bristol Road and eastbound Rockhill Drive between Horizon Boulevard and Neshaminy Boulevard.
The periodic closure are so PennDOT contractors to pave the roadway and realign traffic due to the ongoing Route 1 overhaul project.
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Drivers are asked to allow extra time.
The work is weather dependent.
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PennDOT is in the middle of a large project to reconstruct, widen, and improve a three-mile section of Route 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships.
The Route 1 project is on Phase 2. The second phase will widen the highway.
The $95 million Phase 1 of the project in Bensalem Township is mostly completed.
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The $111.5 million Phase 2 of the project is being carried out by Chester County-based contractor JD Eckman Inc. The work is expected to be done in mid-2026.
A planned 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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