LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA \u2014 Construction is planned to resume this week on Route 1 and Rockhill Drive in Bensalem Township, PennDOT said.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that construction is scheduled on Route 1 and Rockhill Drive under a $116 million project to reconstruct, widen, and improve a three-mile section of the highway.<\/p>\n
Drivers are advised of the following travel restrictions:<\/p>\n
Monday, June 16, and Tuesday, June 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., lane closures will be in place on southbound U.S. 1 between Rockhill Drive and Street Road (Route 132)<\/a> for overhead sign construction. Monday, June 16, through Friday, June 20, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, lane closures with flagging be in place on Rockhill Drive between Neshaminy Boulevard and Old Lincoln Highway<\/a> for paving. <\/p>\n Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur. <\/p>\n All scheduled activities are weather-dependent.<\/p>\n The work is part of PennDOT\u2019s U.S. 1\/RC2 contract<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n For more information on this project and PennDOT\u2019s U.S. 1 reconstruction program in Bucks County, visit www.us1bucks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com<\/a>. 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. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n