Traffic Restrictions on Route 1 in Bensalem Starting Monday

Daytime lane closures are scheduled to start Monday (March 21) and continue through June 10 on Route 1 in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced.  As part of a regionwide highway safety improvement project, crews will install two northbound left turn lanes, remove a concrete median, upgrade signals and install ADA ramps at the intersection with Old Lincoln Highway.

Starting Monday through June 10, weekday lane restrictions will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays in both directions on Route 1 between North Gate Road and Old Trevose Road.  The work is weather dependent.

Later this spring, there will be nighttime lane restrictions in the same location for milling and paving in connection with the project.

This operation is part of PennDOT’s $1,893,846 project to make various highway safety improvements at numerous locations in the five-county Philadelphia region.

The improvements include reflective pavement markers, rumble strips, skid-resistant paving, traffic signal upgrades, pavement markings and new turn lanes.  The safety improvements vary depending on the location.

Portions of this safety improvement project were done last fall, including: skid-resistant paving on Lincoln Drive in Philadelphia, on Wynnewood Road in Lower Merion Township, and Calcon Hook Road in Sharon Hill Borough and Darby Township; addition of left turn lanes on Route 724 in East Coventry Township and Route 113 in Franconia Township; and installation of glare screen panels on I-95 in the City of Chester between the Kerlin Street and Highland Avenue exits.

The following is the full list of locations for this safety improvement project:

• Philadelphia: Route 13 (Ridge/Hunting Park avenues) between 33rd Street and Old York Road; and Lincoln Drive between Wayne Avenue and Allens Lane;
• Bucks County: Route 1 in Bensalem Township; Route 413 in Bristol Township; Stony Hill Road in Lower Makefield Township; Swamp Road in Buckingham and Wrightstown townships;
• Chester County: Route 100 in North Coventry, South Coventry, Warwick and West Vincent townships; Route 340 in West Caln Township; Route 724 in East Coventry Township; Newark Road in New Garden Township;
• Delaware County: I-95 in the City of Chester; Route 322 in Bethel and Concord townships; Haverford Road in Haverford Township; MacDade Boulevard in Glenolden Borough and Ridley Township; Calcon Hook Road in Darby Township and Sharon Hill Borough; Baltimore Pike in Clifton Heights, East Lansdowne and Lansdowne borough and Upper Darby Township; Concord Road in Aston and Bethel townships; Bethel Road in Bethel and Upper Chichester townships; Garnet Mine Road in Bethel and Concord townships; Pyle Road in Bethel and Concord townships; and the ramps connecting Interstate 476 with MacDade Boulevard in Ridley Township; and
•  Montgomery County: Route 29 in Perkiomen Township; Route 63 in Upper Salford Township; Route 113, Salfordville Road and Cross Road in Lower Salford Township; Route 113 in Franconia Township; Route 309 in Montgomery Township; Route 202 in Upper Merion Township; State Road in West Pottsgrove Township; Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham Township; Blair Mill Road in Horsham Township, Church Road in Cheltenham Township; Bethlehem Pike in Springfield Township; Game Farm Road in Lower Frederick Township; Susquehanna Road in Cheltenham Township; and Wynnewood Avenue in Narberth Borough and Lower Merion Township.

Marino Corporation of Skippack, Pa. is the contractor on the project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.  Construction is scheduled to be completed in June 2011.

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