LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will perform Route 1 construction overnight this week under a $116 million project to reconstruct, widen, and improve a three-mile section of the highway in Bensalem and Middletown townships.
Drivers are advised of the following travel restriction:
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays will occur.
All scheduled activities are weather-dependent.
The work is part of PennDOT’s U.S. 1/RC2 contract that will reconstruct and widen U.S. 1 from south of the Rockhill Drive Interchange to north of the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Interchange.
For more information on this project and PennDOT’s U.S. 1 reconstruction program in Bucks County, visit www.us1bucks.com.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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 1,200 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.