Single-Lane Restrictions On U.S. 1 Through Thursday

BENSALEM, PA — U.S. Route 1 in Bucks County will be reduced to a single travel lane in each direction between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. through Thursday, July 1.

These lane restrictions will specifically impact the section of road between the the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange and Route 413 interchanges in Bensalem and Middletown townships, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said. The restrictions will protect work crews, who will be placing barriers along the highway median and shoulders during ongoing construction to widen Route 1.

Periodic lane restrictions may also be in place between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. through Thursday between Old Lincoln Highway and the Turnpike Interchange, as well as on Route 132 between Old Lincoln Highway and Kingston Way in Bensalem Township.

The Route 1 reconstruction project for this area of the highway, defined as section RC1, is in its second phase of five. This phase aims to widen and improve Route 1 in Bucks County.

Crews are reconstructing and widening 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 — under two contracts: RC1 and RC2.

Alan Myers Construction of Worcester, PA, is the general contractor on the $95 million Section RC1 project. This section of the project began in 2018, and PennDOT expects construction to be completed in late 2021.

JD Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, PA, is the general contractor on the $110.8 million Section RC2 project, which began this year and is scheduled to be completed in mid-2026.

Motorists can check conditions on this highway and others online 24/7. Learn more about construction projects in Bucks County and throughout Pennsylvania on the PennDOT website.

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