Travel Restrictions for Rockhill Drive and U.S.1 Continue in Bensalem, PennDOT Says

PennDOT announced construction is planned on Rockhill Drive and U.S. 1 in Bensalem beginning Monday

Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, November 18, through Friday, November 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., a single lane pattern will be in place in both directions on Rockhill Drive between Old Lincoln Highway and Neshaminy Boulevard for bridge painting.
• From 7 p.m. Friday, November 22, to 7 a.m. Monday, November 25, Rockhill Drive will be closed between Old Lincoln Highway and Neshaminy Boulevard for intersection reconstruction.
• Monday, November 25, and Tuesday, November 26, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., the following morning, a single pattern with 15 minute traffic stoppages will be in place in both directions on U.S. 1 between Rockhill Drive and Route 413 (Bellevue Avenue) for a traffic shift.

During the Rockhill Drive closure, motorists are directed to use the following detours:

• Rockhill Drive to U.S. 1 North: North on Neshaminy Blvd, west on Bristol Road, south on Old Lincoln highway to east on Street Road to the ramp to U.S. 1 north.
• U.S. 1 North to Rockhill Drive: North on U.S. 1, exit Penndel/Business U.S. 1, south on Old Lincoln Highway, east on Bristol Road, south on Neshaminy Boulevard back to Rockhill Drive.
• U.S. 1 South to Neshaminy Mall: Exit at Neshaminy/Rockhill Drive, west on Rockhill Drive, north on Old Lincoln Highway, east on Bristol Road, south on Neshaminy Boulevard.

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.